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  • Our first hike at Coopers Rock State Forest · hikingCoopers Rock State ForestWest VirginiaFiveFingersrock climbingcamping · May 3, 2014
  • Hiking again in Boyce-Mayview Park three months later · hikingBoyce-Mayview ParkwetlandsFiveFingers · Apr 12, 2014
  • Was it worth sprinting to a terrible fall to finish 25th in the CMU Pretty Good Race 5K? · runningSchenley ParkPittsburghCarnegie Mellon UniversityracesPretty Good RaceFiveFingers · Sep 6, 2013
  • Reflections on my slowest Run Around the Square 5K in 13 years · runningracesPittsburghSPIBeltshoesFiveFingersRun Around The SquareFrick Park · Aug 24, 2013
  • Getting up when reality punches you in the face: running the second Liberty Mile in Pittsburgh · runningracesmileLiberty MileGreat RacePittsburghmarathonPittsburgh marathonshoesFiveFingers · Aug 9, 2013
  • My Rachel Carson Trail hike for the year (13.4 miles): and how this is about love and gratitude · hikingRachel Carson TrailRachel Carson Trail ChallengeNorth ParksmartphoneFiveFingersNorth Park · May 12, 2013
  • I spent the past week not knowing whether I could run in the 2013 Pittsburgh Marathon tomorrow · runningPittsburgh MarathonSteel City Road RunnersFiveFingersLuna Sandals · May 4, 2013
  • A comeback from Pittsburgh Marathon overtraining · runningovertrainingPittsburgh MarathonPittsburghFiveFingersLuna SandalsCathedral of LearningSteel City Road RunnersShadysideTrue RunnerOaklandAlexander techniqueVonda WrightGatoradeGUchessPittsburgh Chess League · Apr 6, 2013
  • Report on Just A Short Run: my first half marathon in nine years! · runninghalf marathonPittsburgh MarathonPittsburghFiveFingersLuna SandalsSPIbeltElite Runners and WalkersSteel City Road RunnersGatoradeSmiley Cookiecookies · Mar 30, 2013
  • 18 miles in Vibram FiveFingers: training for the Pittsburgh Marathon through a St. Patrick's Day parade · runningmarathonPittsburgh MarathonPittsburghSteel City Road RunnersFiveFingersLuna SandalsSt. Patrick's DaySPIbelt · Mar 16, 2013
  • 11 Pittsburgh bridge crossings in one 12-mile run · runningmarathonPittsburgh MarathonPittsburghbridgesFiveFingersSteel City Road RunnersSPIbeltGatoradeGUrestaurantsCoriander India Grill · Mar 9, 2013
  • My first Steel City Road Runners winter 5K race · runningSchenley ParkSteel City Road RunnersPittsburgh MarathonPittsburghFiveFingerscookies · Mar 3, 2013
  • Why and how I am going to run the 2013 Pittsburgh Marathon · runningmarathonPittsburgh MarathonPittsburghFiveFingersXero ShoesCarnegie Mellon UniversitychessRachel Carson Trail ChallengeSteel City Road Runners · Jan 30, 2013
  • Winter running in Vibram FiveFingers shoes: revisited · runningwinterFiveFingersFrick Park · Jan 17, 2013
  • Introducing a friend to the joys of trail running in Frick Park · runningPittsburghFiveFingersFrick ParkSummersetHomewood CemeteryRun Around The Square · Oct 13, 2012
  • The Fineview Stepathon 2012: Pittsburgh's grueling urban trail race · PittsburghrunningracesFineview StepathonFiveFingersPittsburgh Step TrekRun ShadysideCathedral of Learning · Oct 6, 2012
  • Running my 10th Great Race 10K: "obscene but in a good way" · runningPittsburghracesGreat RaceInvisible ShoesXero ShoesFiveFingerssickSmiley Cookiecookies · Sep 30, 2012
  • Running my 8th Pretty Good Race 5K: dealing with disappointment · runningSchenley ParkPittsburghCarnegie Mellon UniversityracesPretty Good RaceRubyFiveFingers · Sep 7, 2012
  • Five reasons we just stocked up on Vibram FiveFingers KSO Trek shoes · shoesFiveFingersrunninghikingkayakingRio GrandeAtalayaRachel Carson Trail · Aug 28, 2012
  • My eighth time doing Run Around the Square 5K · runningracesPittsburghshoesFiveFingersRun Around The SquareFrick Park · Aug 25, 2012
  • The inaugural Liberty Mile: a review of Pittsburgh's first road mile race, a great community event · runningracesmileLiberty MileGreat RacePittsburghmarathonPittsburgh marathonshoesFiveFingersInvisible ShoesXero ShoesCarnegie Mellon UniversityVonda Wright · Aug 17, 2012
  • Walking and running in Invisible Shoes: a review of the Connect · walkingrunningbarefoot runningshoeshuarachesFrick ParkSchenley ParkPittsburghPretty Good RaceFiveFingersInvisible Shoes · Jul 26, 2012
  • Walking the scenic route through Schenley Park to work · walkingSchenley ParkPittsburghbarefoot runningFiveFingersCarnegie Mellon UniversityPretty Good RacerunningPhipps ConservatoryCathedral of Learning · Jun 18, 2012
  • The Joy of Eating Ice Cream for Breakfast · ice creamfoodpaleorunningexerciseFiveFingersBrentwood Firecracker 5KFrick Park · Jun 16, 2012
  • Your Day Without Shoes and my very first day out completely without shoes · barefoot runningshoesRubyPittsburghSquirrel HillFiveFingers · Jun 7, 2012
  • A totally exhausting Rachel Carson Trail Challenge goal training hike (18.1 miles · hikingRachel Carson TrailRachel Carson Trail ChallengeNorth ParksmartphoneFiveFingersSpringdaleNorth Park · Jun 3, 2012
  • International Barefoot Running Day 2012: my second year of celebration and my first barefoot trail run · runningbarefoot runningInternational Barefoot Running DayFrick ParkCarnegie Mellon UniversityFiveFingersshoes · May 6, 2012
  • A pretty Rachel Carson Trail Challenge goal training hike (8.9 miles) · hikingRachel Carson TrailRachel Carson Trail ChallengeSpringdaleTarentumFiveFingerssmartphone · Apr 29, 2012
  • Flute practice: dealing with burnout and injury · musicfluteCarnegie Mellon UniversityorchestralearningpracticeFiveFingers · Feb 27, 2012
  • A strange winter hike in Frick Park · hikingwinterFiveFingersPittsburghFrick Park · Feb 6, 2012
  • How to enjoy treadmill running: treat it as a meditative practice · runningmeditationtreadmillFiveFingers · Jan 5, 2012
  • New experiment for a new year: winter running in Vibram FiveFingers shoes · runningwintersnowFiveFingers · Jan 2, 2012
  • Reflections on 2011 · paleoSchenley ParkPittsburghprogrammingJavaScriptjQueryXQueryXMLXSLTPerlPythonRubyScalaminimalismcross-country skiingbooksSteelersmeditationCarnegie Mellon UniversityhikingyogaSquirrel Hill LibraryRachel Carson TrailRachel Carson Trail ChallengeFiveFingersbarefoot runningsalsa dancingkayakingStanfordRun Around The Squaresick · Dec 31, 2011
  • Snapshots of Pittsburgh From a 12-mile Run · runningPittsburghFiveFingersFrick ParkSummersetHomewood Cemetery · Oct 15, 2011
  • I Love Trail Running in Frick Park · runningFrick ParkPittsburghFiveFingers · Oct 12, 2011
  • My God It's Full of Stairs! Pittsburgh Step Trek 2011 · PittsburghSouth Side SlopesPittsburgh Step TrekhikingshoesFiveFingers · Oct 8, 2011
  • Run Shadyside 5K: Outrunning Mickey Mouse and Lending a Trumpet · PittsburghRun ShadysiderunningracesshoesFiveFingerspodcampCommuniTeachmusicrecorderukuleleaccordiontrumpetmelodicafermentation · Oct 1, 2011
  • Running My Ninth Pittsburgh Great Race 10K: Blistered but Blissful in the 'Burgh · runningracesGreat RacePittsburghinspirationalshoesFiveFingersSmiley Cookiecookies · Sep 25, 2011
  • Happiness Is: Finishing 39th of 43 Men in a Race! · runningracesCarnegie Mellon UniversityinspirationalPittsburghshoesFiveFingersGreat Race · Sep 23, 2011