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 […]

My friend Space was in town for the holidays so we went for a run in Rock Creek Park. Unfortunately, about half way through he slipped a bit in the mud and twisted his ankle. He tried to walk on it for a bit but it was clearly badly sprained. I high-tailed it back […]

Well this was a big disaster. I intended to go out running for 30 minutes then head back home for a meeting. 50 minutes later and I’m running in the pitch black darkness wondering if I’m my boss will forgive me. I determined that the bridge that I had found a while back was not […]

I cut this run short to enjoy some time walking with my lady. It has been bitter cold here this week.

Today I ran with my camera in Rock Creek Park so I could document my typical running environment. It also makes me slow down, look around, and pay more attention to my surroundings. I took a route up to Maryland today over the boundary bridge. I was looking for a recently re-opened train/pedestrian bridge but, […]

Conditions were less than desirable today but, at least the GPS got something closer to my actual mileage. A big storm came through that was due on Thanksgiving but decided to show up to the table a day early. It was also down in the 40s so I got into winter garb for the first […]

I tried a different part of Rock Creek today. More problems with lost mileage. This felt more like a 6 mile run and at 51 minutes I’m certain it was a lot longer than the 4.2 miles the GPS recorded. Today’s run was along the Valley trail which runs up the east side of the […]

I was just singing the praises of the Garmin Forerunner last week but today, it did me no good at all. First off it is missing several miles of distance that I’m sure I ran. It only managed to gather four positions over the entire run. Secondly, I got lost and tried to use it […]

Long run through the park today. Still trying to figure out a route that I can turn into a regular loop. This was farther than I wanted to go today but, it was a balmy 70 degrees out and the first trail running I’ve done in over a month. The new shoes did reasonably well […]