I’ve decided that FIRST is stressing me out way too much.  After a few weeks of running and not feeling recovered between runs, I took a few days off to rest.  A solid four days of sitting on my butt.  Best. Decision. Ever.  I went for an easy six miles on Sunday, and did another [...]

I’ve had an interesting few weeks.  I’m currently in the process of getting my MBA, and I’ll be finished in December.  It’s been a long few years trying to get this done while I have a full time job, and a running obsession.  This semester is the first time I’ve had class two nights in [...]

I ran five miles pain-free TWICE this week!  I’m super excited, and feel like I’m finally healing.  I’m really happy I made the decision to go to physical therapy – I’ve been getting ultrasound massage, stretching done by the PT, and learned bunches of new stretches to strengthen the inside of my thighs, which will [...]

My knee has been bothering me since I ran the Philadelphia Distance Run at the end of September.  Not so much to just walk around, or do light exercising, but every time I geared up for a solid run, it ended up in disappointment.  I took about three weeks totally off running, hoping it would [...]

I came accross an interesting article today in the New York Times – Road Runner Rage.  The basic gist of the article is that there has been an uptick in Runner/Road Rage lately as they battle to share the road.  They gave some scary examples of some guy hitting a runner with a golf club, [...]