Category: running
71 posts
- 1/24/2015 How I forgot to meditate after sixty days in a row of remembering and what that means
- 11/30/2014 Report on my final day of Stoic Week 2014: the view from above
- 11/24/2014 Report on my first day of Stoic Week 2014
- 8/6/2014 Thoughts on the construction of the new Frick Environmental Center
- 6/4/2014 Thoughts on National Running Day 2014
- 4/14/2014 A note on running in warm weather
- 10/29/2013 Did glucosamine and MSM relieve my knee pain?
- 10/13/2013 My promise to prioritize my sleep
- 10/6/2013 Was that a ukulele I heard in Frick Park? No, a cavaquinho
- 10/4/2013 9 things you could be doing in Pittsburgh on Saturday, October 5
- 9/7/2013 Was it worth sprinting to a terrible fall to finish 25th in the CMU Pretty Good Race 5K?
- 8/24/2013 Reflections on my slowest Run Around the Square 5K in 13 years
- 8/14/2013 Why I was so happy to run 5 miles in 63 minutes today when I was doing it in 50 earlier this year
- 8/10/2013 Emerging from my three months of illness, self-pitying, and self-loathing
- 8/10/2013 Getting up when reality punches you in the face: running the second Liberty Mile in Pittsburgh
- 6/6/2013 Celebrating National Running Day quietly in Frick Park
- 5/9/2013 Back to what running is really about for me
- 5/7/2013 Why I feel sad when people congratulate me for finishing the Pittsburgh Marathon
- 5/7/2013 2013 Pittsburgh Marathon: my 135th race was the worst I finished, but I did!
- 5/5/2013 I spent the past week not knowing whether I could run in the 2013 Pittsburgh Marathon tomorrow
- 4/27/2013 Missing the final Steel City Road Runners taper run because of injury and burnout
- 4/26/2013 Back from injury: an unexpected fast finish Steel City Road Runners training run
- 4/21/2013 On overtraining and feeling injured two weeks before the Pittsburgh Marathon
- 4/20/2013 Going out too fast yet again in my third Random Distance Run
- 4/20/2013 Commuting on foot during CMU Carnival week as cross-training for the Pittsburgh Marathon
- 4/15/2013 Boston Marathon tragedy: please avoid the news porn
- 4/14/2013 My final 16-mile long run before Pittsburgh Marathon featured two radical experiments
- 4/10/2013 My first interval workout before the Pittsburgh Marathon
- 4/6/2013 A comeback from Pittsburgh Marathon overtraining
- 3/30/2013 Report on Just A Short Run: my first half marathon in nine years!
- 3/16/2013 18 miles in Vibram FiveFingers: training for the Pittsburgh Marathon through a St. Patrick's Day parade
- 3/10/2013 11 Pittsburgh bridge crossings in one 12-mile run
- 3/3/2013 My first Steel City Road Runners winter 5K race
- 2/25/2013 2013 Pittsburgh Marathon training progress since signing up three weeks ago: finally coming up with a plan!
- 2/2/2013 An unexpected afternoon tour: 9 miles of running, 1 Cathedral of Learning stair climb, 2 chess tournaments
- 1/31/2013 Why and how I am going to run the 2013 Pittsburgh Marathon
- 1/27/2013 How to gut out the tough workout
- 1/20/2013 Thoughts on an unexpected winter barefoot run
- 1/17/2013 Winter running in Vibram FiveFingers shoes: revisited
- 12/31/2012 Why I went Frick Park trail running in snowfall for the first time in a decade
- 10/13/2012 Introducing a friend to the joys of trail running in Frick Park
- 10/6/2012 The Fineview Stepathon 2012: Pittsburgh's grueling urban trail race
- 9/30/2012 Running my 10th Great Race 10K: "obscene but in a good way"
- 9/27/2012 Why I missed the CMU intramural XC race this year
- 9/7/2012 Running my 8th Pretty Good Race 5K: dealing with disappointment
- 8/28/2012 Five reasons we just stocked up on Vibram FiveFingers KSO Trek shoes
- 8/25/2012 My eighth time doing Run Around the Square 5K
- 8/17/2012 The inaugural Liberty Mile: a review of Pittsburgh's first road mile race, a great community event
- 8/2/2012 The paradox of practice: it's harder to go slow than go fast
- 7/27/2012 Ignoring London 2012: why I do not watch the Olympics any more
- 7/26/2012 Walking and running in Invisible Shoes: a review of the Connect
- 6/18/2012 Walking the scenic route through Schenley Park to work
- 6/16/2012 The Joy of Eating Ice Cream for Breakfast
- 6/6/2012 I celebrated National Running Day in Schenley Park: remembering how I began to run 13 years ago
- 5/6/2012 International Barefoot Running Day 2012: my second year of celebration and my first barefoot trail run
- 4/16/2012 One week of commuting on foot because of CMU Carnival
- 2/3/2012 My favorite running workout: the Billat workout
- 1/20/2012 CMU Fitness Challenge keynote lecture by Vonda Wright: Stay strong at any age
- 1/9/2012 Starting the 100 Up (exercise for running) 30-day challenge
- 1/6/2012 Injuries from yoga are common: some tips on staying safe
- 1/5/2012 How to enjoy treadmill running: treat it as a meditative practice
- 1/2/2012 New experiment for a new year: winter running in Vibram FiveFingers shoes
- 12/13/2011 Video review: Dancing with the Stars: Cardio Dance (2006)
- 11/4/2011 Against just putting in the time
- 10/18/2011 Disagreement on the use of time?
- 10/15/2011 Snapshots of Pittsburgh From a 12-mile Run
- 10/12/2011 I Love Trail Running in Frick Park
- 10/2/2011 I Love Music but Rarely Listen to It Now
- 10/1/2011 Run Shadyside 5K: Outrunning Mickey Mouse and Lending a Trumpet
- 9/25/2011 Running My Ninth Pittsburgh Great Race 10K: Blistered but Blissful in the 'Burgh
- 9/23/2011 Happiness Is: Finishing 39th of 43 Men in a Race!