Fog with a low temperature of 47 and a high of 52. That’s only a 5 degree swing in 24 hours. 50 degrees and fog, that’s what outside will be like for the family for the next couple of days in Visalia, CA. Home of . . .
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I’m going through a reading surge. I do this from time to time. I go months without reading anything other than news and other short-form stuff. Then I get the urge to read a particular book, and before I know it it’s been a couple of weeks and I’ve breezed through 3 [...]

I got me a case of them low down, post-marathon blues. I spent a nice quiet weekend reading by the fire, and hanging out with the family and I should be ready to hit the roads again, but I’m not. I basically took the last week off and that’s probably the cause of [...]

Got this picture emailed to me by a friend and decided it would be the best way to begin this post. The innaugural SBIMarathon is in the books, and from my perspective it was a very well run race and I’m looking forward to next year. There were tons of energetic volunteers all [...]

I took off work early yesterday to put up Christmas lights. As you may have heard, I’m running a marathon this weekend. Aside from not wanting to be spending time climbing up and down a ladder, my parents-in-law are coming down from Oregon and I thought it would be nice to have the [...]

It’s probably not a good idea to change up your running philosophy during a marathon taper, but that’s kind of what I’ve done. I’ve run 12 straight days. That’s significantly longer than any other consecutive streak I’ve had in the past, but before coming to any snap conclusions about how I’m overtraining at [...]