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• Thrilled To Announce I've Signed With A Publisher

  I’m very excited to announce that my upcoming novel, 'On the Lips of Children,' is going to be published by Books of the Dead Press. Read the announcement here. Read more

  Posted on 10 April 2013 FITNESS, HEALTHY LIVING, SPORTS

• I'm A Cowboy. On A Treadmill Belt I Ride.

  

  Sometimes you tell the day, by the bottle that you drink. Sometimes when you run 20, all you do is thinkOn Saturday, I went for a 20 mile run. Read more

  Posted on 08 April 2013 FITNESS, HEALTHY LIVING, SPORTS

• The Novel 'On the Lips of Children' - The Next Big Thing

  

  A fellow blogger, runner, and writer caught wind of my soon to be released project, and graciously tagged me with a string of questions for writers called,... Read more

  Posted on 05 April 2013 FITNESS, HEALTHY LIVING, SPORTS

• 8 Things I've Learned About KT Tape

  

  KT Tape. You're starting to see it all over. It was first made famous by Kerri Walsh Jennings, the olympic volleyball player. But have you ever thought of tryin... Read more

  Posted on 02 April 2013 FITNESS, HEALTHY LIVING, SPORTS

• Game of Thrones Starts, Walking Dead Ends, and How They Die Matters

  

  I love and thrive off of endurance events. Long mileage. But all mileage isn’t equal, all 20 mile runs aren’ t the same, and all 1,216 page books aren’t as... Read more

  Posted on 30 March 2013 FITNESS, HEALTHY LIVING, SPORTS

• Spring Running and the Resurrection

  

  Happy Easter! The Easter bunny is a hard sell, much harder than Santa, yet the good bunny will be visiting our house this year.Easter is the promise of rebirth. Read more

  Posted on 28 March 2013 FITNESS, HEALTHY LIVING, SPORTS

• Rock CF Half Marathon -Breathe Deep. Run Hard

  

  I ran the Rock CF Rivers half marathon in Gross Isle this weekend. It's a great and unique race. Every race has it's own vibe, and this event had an incredible... Read more

  Posted on 24 March 2013 FITNESS, HEALTHY LIVING, SPORTS

• The Day Before A Race

  

  The day before an event or a race is always one where my brain is elsewhere. People talk to me, and their words make noise, but I don't really hear them. Read more

  Posted on 23 March 2013 FITNESS, HEALTHY LIVING, SPORTS

• Faking My Way Through The Tournament

  

  March Madness.It's NCAA basketball tournament time, the most exciting and glorious time in all of sports, and I have a confession to make that may take away my... Read more

  Posted on 21 March 2013 FITNESS, HEALTHY LIVING, SPORTS

• St. Patrick's Day Run and the Graces of The Old Gods and The New

  A great St. Patricks day run this morning. My legs felt a bit lively after some rest, the sun was shining bright on some freshly fallen snow, and I ran by two... Read more

  Posted on 17 March 2013 FITNESS, HEALTHY LIVING, SPORTS

• STRAY'S New Look

  

  Based on a recent fantastic review of my novel, STRAY, I'm giving it a new look. Here it is:STRAY on AmazonWhat makes the review fantastic? Well, it was... Read more

  Posted on 15 March 2013 FITNESS, HEALTHY LIVING, SPORTS

• Jack Kerouac, the Ultra Trail Runner

  

  “The only people for me are the mad ones, the ones who are mad to live, mad to talk, mad to be saved, desirous of everything at the same time, the ones who neve... Read more

  Posted on 12 March 2013 FITNESS, HEALTHY LIVING, SPORTS

• Meet Chub-Head

  

  During my drinking years, I had internal bleeding, liver disease and all other sorts of gross stuff going on in my insides. Fatty cells exploded all over me fro... Read more

  Posted on 11 March 2013 FITNESS, HEALTHY LIVING, SPORTS

• "This is It, Boys, This Means War - What Are We Waiting For?"

  Sometimes the reason I run is just so that I can listen to music in an intoxicated state. Gone are the days I devour some vodka or all sorts of other... Read more

  Posted on 08 March 2013 FITNESS, HEALTHY LIVING, SPORTS

• Six Running Products I Would Pimp If Given The Chance

  

  ... and Three I would not.Woe is me.All around me I see bloggers getting rained on with products to review, yet I have a dark cloud over my head where no rain... Read more

  Posted on 04 March 2013 FITNESS, HEALTHY LIVING, SPORTS

• Rules For Vacation Running

  

  Back from vacation.8 days of scorching sunshine on a Caribbean cruise, hopping between islands on a floating pig trough and gorging on the buffet, taking... Read more

  Posted on 26 February 2013 FITNESS, HEALTHY LIVING, SPORTS

• Random Thoughts Before I Run

  

  Vacation time! But first some thoughts before I run off to the Gulf of Mexico.-Being on vacation automatically makes my legs fresh, and they also recover quicke... Read more

  Posted on 14 February 2013 FITNESS, HEALTHY LIVING, SPORTS

• Running As An Experiment Of One

  I wish I had stronger convictions at times, but then again, one thing I am sure about is that I truly dislike rigid certitude. Read more

  Posted on 11 February 2013 FITNESS, HEALTHY LIVING, SPORTS

• The Race is Long, And In The End, It's Only Against Your Brother - Darryl V....

  

  So, this is sibling rivalry week. The week of an historic showdown of Brother 'V.' Brother, blood versus blood, sib versus baby sib.I'm talking about the Jim... Read more

  Posted on 07 February 2013 FITNESS, HEALTHY LIVING, SPORTS

• Bandit?

  

  Would you be a bandit?In my novel, The Jade Rabbit, the main character is a marathoner who takes Sharleen, a 18 year old homeless girl, (nicknamed the Ghost of... Read more

  Posted on 05 February 2013 FITNESS, HEALTHY LIVING, SPORTS