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  • How I forgot to meditate after sixty days in a row of remembering and what that means · meditationbluesdancingTartan SwingCarnegie Mellon Universityrunning · Jan 24, 2015
  • Report on my final day of Stoic Week 2014: the view from above · philosophyStoicismStoic WeekexercisemeditationrunningFrick Park · Nov 30, 2014
  • Report on my first day of Stoic Week 2014 · philosophyStoicismStoic Weekcookiesexerciserunningmeditationcooking · Nov 24, 2014
  • Thoughts on the construction of the new Frick Environmental Center · Frick ParkFrick Environmental CenterPittsburghrunning · Aug 5, 2014
  • Thoughts on National Running Day 2014 · runningFrick ParkPittsburghLuna Sandals · Jun 4, 2014
  • A note on running in warm weather · runningtemperatureFrick Parkcookies · Apr 13, 2014
  • Did glucosamine and MSM relieve my knee pain? · runninghikingglucosamineMSM · Oct 28, 2013
  • My promise to prioritize my sleep · sleepexerciserunningFrick Park · Oct 12, 2013
  • Was that a ukulele I heard in Frick Park? No, a cavaquinho · musicukulelerunningFrick ParkcavaquinhoPittsburgh · Oct 6, 2013
  • 9 things you could be doing in Pittsburgh on Saturday, October 5 · PittsburghPittsburgh Chess ClubchessprogrammingPerlPittsburgh Perl WorkshopRun ShadysiderunningukuleleSteel City UkulelesEcofestmusicragtimeLatin musicRegent SquarePodCamp PittsburghCarnegie Mellon UniversityPittsburgh Step TrekSouth Side Slopes · Oct 4, 2013
  • 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
  • Why I was so happy to run 5 miles in 63 minutes today when I was doing it in 50 earlier this year · runningFrick Parkexercisehealth · Aug 13, 2013
  • Emerging from my three months of illness, self-pitying, and self-loathing · healthrunningexercisemeditation · Aug 10, 2013
  • Getting up when reality punches you in the face: running the second Liberty Mile in Pittsburgh · runningracesmileLiberty MileGreat RacePittsburghmarathonPittsburgh marathonshoesFiveFingers · Aug 9, 2013
  • Celebrating National Running Day quietly in Frick Park · runningFrick ParkPittsburghLuna Sandals · Jun 5, 2013
  • Back to what running is really about for me · runningexercisePittsburgh MarathonPittsburghFrick Parkpsychology · May 9, 2013
  • Why I feel sad when people congratulate me for finishing the Pittsburgh Marathon · runningPittsburgh MarathonPittsburghLuna Sandalscalf sleevescookies · May 7, 2013
  • 2013 Pittsburgh Marathon: my 135th race was the worst I finished, but I did! · runningPittsburgh MarathonPittsburghLuna Sandalscalf sleevessmartphoneSPIbeltBoston MarathonCarnegie Mellon UniversitySmiley Cookiecookies · May 6, 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
  • Missing the final Steel City Road Runners taper run because of injury and burnout · runningPittsburgh MarathonSteel City Road Runners · Apr 27, 2013
  • Back from injury: an unexpected fast finish Steel City Road Runners training run · runningPittsburgh MarathonShadysideLuna SandalsSteel City Road RunnersTrue Runnercalf sleeves · Apr 25, 2013
  • On overtraining and feeling injured two weeks before the Pittsburgh Marathon · runningPittsburgh MarathonPittsburghLuna SandalsSteel City Road RunnersSchenley ParkFrick ParkCarnegie Mellon UniversityBoston Marathoncalf sleevescookies · Apr 20, 2013
  • Going out too fast yet again in my third Random Distance Run · runningPittsburgh MarathontrackracesCarnegie Mellon UniversityPittsburghRandom Distance RunLuna SandalsCarnival · Apr 19, 2013
  • Commuting on foot during CMU Carnival week as cross-training for the Pittsburgh Marathon · walkingrunningdrivingparkingCarnegie Mellon UniversityCarnivalPittsburghPittsburgh MarathonLuna Sandals · Apr 19, 2013
  • Boston Marathon tragedy: please avoid the news porn · runningmarathoncalf sleevesBoston MarathonPittsburgh MarathonPittsburgh9/11terroristsnewsbarber · Apr 15, 2013
  • My final 16-mile long run before Pittsburgh Marathon featured two radical experiments · runningPittsburgh MarathonPittsburghLuna SandalsSteel City Road RunnersSteel Valley TrailMcKeesport · Apr 13, 2013
  • My first interval workout before the Pittsburgh Marathon · runningPittsburgh MarathonPittsburghCarnegie Mellon UniversitySchenley ParkFrick Parkinterval trainingheat trainingLuna Sandals · Apr 9, 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
  • 2013 Pittsburgh Marathon training progress since signing up three weeks ago: finally coming up with a plan! · runningPittsburgh MarathonSteel City Road RunnersHansons Marathon MethodPittsburghSchenley Park · Feb 24, 2013
  • An unexpected afternoon tour: 9 miles of running, 1 Cathedral of Learning stair climb, 2 chess tournaments · chessexerciserunningCathedral of LearningPittsburghhikingRachel Carson Trail ChallengePittsburgh MarathonSteel City Road Runners · Feb 2, 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
  • How to gut out the tough workout · exerciserunningwintersnowFrick ParkPittsburgh · Jan 27, 2013
  • Thoughts on an unexpected winter barefoot run · runningbarefoot runningwinterXero Shoesglobal climate change · Jan 20, 2013
  • Winter running in Vibram FiveFingers shoes: revisited · runningwinterFiveFingersFrick Park · Jan 17, 2013
  • Why I went Frick Park trail running in snowfall for the first time in a decade · runningexerciseFrick Parkwintersnow · Dec 31, 2012
  • 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
  • Why I missed the CMU intramural XC race this year · runningracesCarnegie Mellon Universitysick · Sep 27, 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
  • The paradox of practice: it's harder to go slow than go fast · practicemusicchessrunningballroom danceCarnegie Mellon UniversityPittsburghLatin music · Aug 2, 2012
  • Ignoring London 2012: why I do not watch the Olympics any more · Olympicssportsrunning · Jul 27, 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
  • I celebrated National Running Day in Schenley Park: remembering how I began to run 13 years ago · runningFrick ParkSchenley ParkPittsburghCarnegie Mellon UniversityracesPretty Good RaceRun Around The Square · Jun 6, 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
  • One week of commuting on foot because of CMU Carnival · walkingrunningdrivingparkingCarnegie Mellon UniversityCarnivalbikingPittsburgh · Apr 16, 2012
  • My favorite running workout: the Billat workout · running · Feb 3, 2012
  • CMU Fitness Challenge keynote lecture by Vonda Wright: Stay strong at any age · sciencehealthVonda WrightrunningCarnegie Mellon University · Jan 20, 2012
  • Starting the 100 Up (exercise for running) 30-day challenge · running · Jan 9, 2012
  • Injuries from yoga are common: some tips on staying safe · yogaPilatesmeditationdanceAlexander techniqueballroom danceRodney YeePittsburgh Marathonrunningself-learning · Jan 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
  • Video review: Dancing with the Stars: Cardio Dance (2006) · video reviewsreviewsballroom danceLatin dancepaso doblesambacha chajiveexerciserunningLatin music · Dec 13, 2011
  • Against just putting in the time · time managementexerciserunningphilosophy · Nov 4, 2011
  • Disagreement on the use of time? · time managementrecordermusicreadingwritingexerciserunningyogastrength trainingprogrammingcommunicatingdialoguechessballroom danceScala · Oct 18, 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
  • I Love Music but Rarely Listen to It Now · musicPittsburghconcertsrecordertime managementrunning · Oct 2, 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