Monthly Archives: January 2017

It’s late January and I’m only barely thinking about goals for the year. I found January 1st to be pretty hard, from a running perspective. I had no idea the plantar fasciitis was going to take me out of action … Continue reading →

FaceBook can be crazy land, but one good thing it does is keep you in touch with people you would otherwise lose touch with. So it was that yesterday an old friend from college posted an alert: Nerd Dad looking … Continue reading →

So, I am running again. Thank God. Really. But that also means jumping right back on the Hope-Fear Seesaw of Insanity. Every step that goes fine feels amazing, but I have to work to keep my big brain out of … Continue reading →

I’ve been in the pool a lot with this plantar fasciitis, which I have mixed feelings about. I’m incredibly grateful to Coach Cowboy and Teacher Runner for opening my eyes to the possibility of swimming as a workout and not … Continue reading →

I talk all the time about my online running group, the Sub 30 Club. These “friends in my phone” provide incalculable support to me and everyone else in the group. We are a large (well over 4000 members!) gang and … Continue reading →

I’ve never done a training log post before, but I thought this might be interesting for a couple of reasons. First, the Celt has managed to keep me pretty busy for the last few weeks even with no running at … Continue reading →

Starting to run again after injury is a crazy mix of hope and fear. Tuesday I ran for six consecutive minutes to make a video for a gait analysis at physical therapy. My foot felt fine, but I spent the … Continue reading →

We landed in Berlin on July 1 and it took only four runs there before I started complaining about the hard surfaces in my training log. By July 8th, I was writing that I have some plantar fasciitis cropping up … Continue reading →