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Over the last 10+ months my focus has been more on passing bars than training for races. I predicted that this might be the case when I was profiled for my marathon running in the UC College of Law Alumni … Continue reading →

I should have learned this lesson by now: the best laid training plans almost never come to fruition. Over the last few weeks I’ve laid out several ambitious training plans that have me flawlessly increasing my mileage from week to … Continue reading →

Well, my running since the Flying Pig Marathon the first weekend in May has been almost non-existent. When I say non-existent I guess I should qualify that. There have been weeks when I have run as many as 70 miles; … Continue reading →

Ideally my marathon training block would be a solid 10 weeks of training with a 3 week taper, but after some rough weather, a bout of what might have been the flu, and a generally busy life, I have modified my plan.  The … Continue reading →

I took a long hiatus from reading books about the Running Boom of the 1970s and 1980s. There was a point where I just wasn’t sure what more there was to learn about the era.  After reading Running with the Legends by Michael … Continue reading →

At the height of the Lance Armstrong’s reign, I was a grumpy 20 year old hocking Livestrong bracelets at Fleet Feet Sports in Chicago. I certainly wasn’t a cycling fan and, mostly for selfish reasons, I found the hoopla over … Continue reading →