I broke my streak of running every Naylor Mill 7K when I attended Brooks Hype Fest in California last year, but this year, I was back on the challenging trails of Naylor Mill to represent Team Bacon. … More Bacon and hills: Back to the challenging trails of Naylor Mill
I’ve been having a super busy year so far, and just when I was finally starting to get caught up on the blog, I ran two more races. But since I’ve missed my last few monthly roundups, here’s my recap of the first quarter of the year — January, February and March. … More My running word for the first quarter of 2024: Consistency
You know when you’re just having a great day, everything is going well and you’re feeling strong in your race? Feb. 25 was not that day. … More The RRCA Club Challenge was even more of a challenge than usual
Again, it’s mid-February, but I already announced one of my 2024 running goals on social media. I’m going to officially share them here on the blog, too. I also plan to run a marathon in a new state (I’m signed up for the Revel White Mountains Marathon in New Hampshire in May) and keep up … More Here are my three running goals for 2024
For three days in Santa Monica, everywhere we went, we saw other members of the Brooks Run Happy Team. From the Brooks Venice Pop-Up to a beach party, a banana run and interesting speakers, so much fun was packed into such a short time. … More The Run Happy Team took over Santa Monica during Brooks Hype Fest
I started running during the summer of 2004. I started my freshman year of high school that year, and in order to make the high school soccer team, players had to run a mile in under 8:00 (a 1600-meter run at the track — just a hair under a mile). Throughout the summer, I worked … More How I ran my sub-8:00 mile
I’ve already thought about my running goals for this year, but I finally have some time to sit down and put them out there to all of you blog readers as the first month of 2023 comes to an end. Anyone have any similar goals for 2023? Good luck!
Another busy year of running has come to an end! The biggest highlight of the year was finally figuring out what was causing my problem of coughing while running. My running immediately started looking up after I was able to get a diagnosis of irritable larynx syndrome and work on new breathing strategies. Running is … More Running Year in Review 2022: A problem resolved, two new states, a new role with ESRC, a Zestie and more
In 2021, I was successful in meeting three of my four goals. The year seemed to go well, so my 2022 goals are pretty similar, with a few tweaks. They are challenging but reasonable. Keep up the monthly 1600-meter runs for speed and run sub-8:00 by the end of the year. Back when I was … More These are my running goals for 2022
Another year is behind us! 2021 got off to a bad start when I was hit by a car while out for a short run near my house. It’s no surprise that was my most-read post of 2021 (as any reporter knows, if it bleeds, it leads). … More Year in Review: 2021 started out with a couple negatives and got better from there
She Runs by the Seashore 