a barrel of this

I haven’t run for some time because of some problems with my feet which became annoying enough when I wasn’t running to seek out a new orthopedist. The last ortho told me that my running career was over and that I had impact arthritis. It was high time I found someone who understood runners. […]

Snow! Today was my first run in the snow (as an adult). It has been snowing steadily for a few hours now and I wanted to get out there before it got too thick to run through. Something about snow just makes the city seem much friendlier. A few people said hello to me which […]

Inexplicably I seem to be slowing down. I’ve been cross-training by riding my bike attached to a trainer in my basement for around 20 minutes a day. Yet all of my runs have been slower since I started doing that. I think I need to increase the resistance on the bike trainer and make it […]

I started off with some speed work today in the rain and then switched it over to a tempo run. Tempo runs are hard for me because I feel like I always run at tempo. Therefore it makes it difficult to find the right heightened pace to push without burning out too quickly. I felt […]

Back at it today after a month long hiatus. I’ve been nursing my foot back to health though honestly it is not much better than it was a month ago. I’ve been seeing a chiropractor who took some MRIs of my back and foot. Both turned out free and clear but there is some scar […]