Saw the first of these signs a few days ago and couldn’t resist taking a little detour on my run on Sunday morning to snap a photo. You bet it’s a special event. I have to admit that when I first heard they were going to bring a marathon to Santa Barbara, I [...]

I’m going to follow the lead of others I’ve been reading lately and give voice to my race plan for the marathon (12 days!).

I will not decide to see how fast I can run 6 miles on the Friday before the marathon (did that before Napa 2006 [...]

So on Friday I went out for a short 3 miler after being in bed for a day and a half. About a quarter mile in the lower half of my legs - calves, ankles, everything - just locked up. The muscles were hard as a rock and I could berely move my [...]

What’s the one thing that I should be trying to avoid during this taper?
Getting sick.
I’ve been in bed the last two days.
I feel like crap and can feel my muscles atrophy by the minute.

I very seldom write up any reviews, good or bad, for any particular products. I spend as little as possible on my running attire/equipment and when I find something I like I stick with it. My Asics 1100 series shoes rock, but I don’t necessarily recommend them to others because shoes that work [...]

Well folks, the hay is in the barn, as they say. We watched “Young Frankenstein” for Halloween and the image of Terri Garr rolling around the hay in the back of the oxcart is still bouncing around my brain,so forgive the analogy stretching.

Anyway, the work has been completed. The [...]

I ran a half marathon on Saturday. A half marathon that I felt good about and that went a long way toward convincing me that I was back on track after a long vacation from consistent running. It was a milestone, but could have turned out to be a plateau. As is [...]

This has been the premiere race here in Santa Barbara for a number of years with just under 2000 runners toeing the line and I’ve only managed to run it twice. In 2005 I was gearing up for my first marathon (New Las Vegas Marathon, which is now the Rock ‘n’ Roll Las Vegas [...]

I’m going to run the Santa Barbara News Press Half Marathon on Saturday. That means I’m sandwiching a 1/2 marathon between two 20+ mile runs. Why, you may ask, would I do something stupid like that? Why would I run harder than necessary during a cut-back week when my body is recuperating [...]

Knocked out my 20 mile run on Saturday morning. If you read my last post you know that because of a loop at the beginning of the Santa Barbara International Marathon, I was able to run the entire course, minus a 2 mile stretch. I promised a pictoral run-through, and here it is. [...]