Shin Happens Shin pain sucks. It’s so frustrating to feel that your fitness is improving but the small muscles in your shins are preventing you from becoming the runner you know you can be. During my first three or four years as a runner, I was plagued by shin problems. As soon as I began […]
Well, I finally finished Stu Mittleman‘s book, Slow Burn. I say “finally” because it became a bit of a chore. It’s not that Stu’s message isn’t interesting — the idea that we can train our bodies to burn fat rather than sugar in order to run far longer than most of us realize is possible […]
In case you’re one of the six remaining runners on the planet who have yet to read Born to Run, allow me to explain. The Tarahumara are “the running people” on which most of the book is based, a Mexican tribe of superathletes who run 50 or 100 miles at a time for pure enjoyment, […]
As you can probably imagine, I was pretty bummed to find out on Thursday night that the Frozen Foot 50K that I was planning to run on Saturday was canceled, due to “unforeseen circumstances.” Maybe the snow in the forecast played a part; I’m not sure if people do ultras in the snow. And it […]
As predicted, I’ve been extremely busy getting ready for my oral qualifying exam on Friday. So busy, in fact, that I haven’t even been able to get out for a run this week, and don’t see it happening until this weekend. Oh well, they say a week off every once in a while is good […]
Morning! I’ve been posting a lot in the afternoons/evenings recently, and I forgot how nice it feels to post in the morning. I have a new recipe to share today; my mom and sister came over last night so I made dinner for everyone. You can thank my friend (and NMA-reader since day 1) Pete […]
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