With the NFL Playoffs going on right now, I thought it would be fun to come up with a workout on a football field. It can be done on a college or high school field, or even a deserted practice facility. This isn’t your everyday workout, but it sure gets [...]

I wanted to wait to put out my thoughts on what transpired on the 15th of April in Boston. I wanted to do that to collect my thoughts properly, compose myself and to ensure I can do justice to what was a tragedy for not only the city of [...]

10am November 17th: And they’re off!

Excitement filled the air as close to 1,400 qualifiers anxiously awaited the for the 10am start. The temperature was 38 degrees. The course was 10 miles long and had 32 obstacles each participant had to overcome. Everyone had 24 hours to complete as many laps [...]

When I first started running, which wasn’t that long ago, I had my doubts about running with anyone. Why would anyone want to run with me? Unless they wanted to move in slow motion, it wasn’t going to be any fun for them. With those thoughts and many others, I ran [...]

It’s Route 66 Marathon Week and like many others, I’m excited!  I had this race on my radar, but there were two people that sold me on it.  One of those two people was my friend Mark “Superman” Cato.  We discussed it as we do most races.  He told me [...]

2013: The Gameplan

The 2013 race season is a mere few days from kicking off. I wanted to write something up to outline my plan for the season, my goals and to offer my thanks to those who have supported me in getting to where I am.

The season will kick of [...]

Chris Hayes wrote about his least favorite exercise recently and I thought I’d talk a little bit more about mine.

My least favorite exercise is anything involving a core workout.  Ironically, improving my core is the single thing that I’ve ever done that had the most dramatic improvement on performance.  Yep, [...]

I’ve been called crazy a lot. I don’t want to say it happens on a daily basis, but it’s pretty often. I’ve gotten used to it because, well, that sort of comes with the territory when you belong to a group called the Marathon Maniacs that prides itself on being [...]

We are everywhere. Every continent and every country. All shapes and sizes. Young and old and every age in between. We are united by one common thread, we are runners.

Some have been running since childhood. Others took it up late in life. Still others played sports and ran throughout their teens [...]

At the beginning of each year, many people set forth goals to accomplish for the upcoming year. Once set, many forget about them or set the bar the too high for themselves. Goals are constantly evolving, even when they are already on paper. When it is accomplished, then you may think [...]