THIS IS MY RUNNING JOURNEY

I can't believe it. After almost 17 months of staying put, I'm finally getting on a plane tomorrow for the Mt. Hood 50! Packing was a...

These past couple of weeks, I've been testing out some mental strategies for getting through the tough parts of my long runs. I've never...

Yesterday, I had my longest training run that I'll do for this training block. 30 miles is long, no matter how you slice it. Also, it was...

The Happy Runner, by David and Megan Roche was exactly what I needed to read in this phase of my training. I was first exposed to David...

The biggest challenge around training for this 50 miler has been balancing the training with regular life. Sounds obvious, but something...

I think the last time I was sitting in bed at 8:50 on a Sunday morning was last Mother's Day. This was after I had completed the Goggin's...

Way back when, I used to travel to the office in Montclair and I loved getting these peanut butter chocolate chip energy balls from this...

Two mornings ago, I woke up in a panic. My first thought was that I hadn't been training on hills enough and that I would DNF the 50...

Just finished up Week 9 of my training block for the 50 mile race in July. I hit about 42 miles this week, right on target with running 6...

I had stumbled upon a movie called, How To Run 100 Miles by Brendan Leonard awhile back but never sought out any of his other content....

I'm pleasantly surprised on how good I feel this morning. Yesterday, my quads were worked and I felt them most of the day, so much, that...

It feels like Spring is just around the corner. Yesterday, we sat outside in the sunshine and had lunch. When the weather heats up, most...

Feeling a high level of stoke this morning. It's been awhile since I ran back to back long runs. Yesterday was 12 miles and today was 8...

During this morning's long run, I decided to experiment with run/walk. I wanted to see what would happen if I mirrored the workout that I...

I honestly didn't think I'd DNF today. Not mad about it though, because it was still an awesome day, moving out in the beauty of the...

Not to be melodramatic, but so many of my long runs live or die depending on what I ate the night before. I'll admit that my body is very...

At the end of 2019, I vividly remember reflecting upon the year. It was a heavy travel year for me for work and in writing down my goals...

Today marks the end of a 3 week base building period. I've been following a 50M training plan from Krissy Moehl's book, Running Your...

There are a few running books that I keep coming back to. I've read all of these 3 times and I feel like I could still go back and read...