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• Proud to Be a Runwell Advocate. Here's the Reason Why

  

  I am excited and privileged to announce I am now an advocate for the Runwell organization. I stumbled on them by what seems like an accident, but there may... Read more

  Posted on 16 January 2014 FITNESS, HEALTHY LIVING, SPORTS

• I Need a Runner Ap Maker, But All I Got is an Audio Book

  

  There are all sorts of runner aps out there. Some will measure your run, talk to you in Olympian voices, and read off your splits. There are some for the... Read more

  Posted on 10 January 2014 FITNESS, HEALTHY LIVING, SPORTS

• Archetypal Suburbanites During a Polar Vortex

  

  Snow-poclaypse!I’ve been spending tons of time outside shoveling, making snow forts, cleaning off cars, having snowball fights, and I’ve come up with a few... Read more

  Posted on 07 January 2014 FITNESS, HEALTHY LIVING, SPORTS

• Treadmills Are People Too

  

  A blizzard is nailing the east coast. There is enough snow to bury a standing hobbit. If you run outside, snow will be up past your knee. Read more

  Posted on 03 January 2014 FITNESS, HEALTHY LIVING, SPORTS

• New Year's Eve Vomit

  

  It is New Years! Turning the calender on another year.In my past life, New Year's Eve which just another day to get drunk and wake up sick and ready to vomit. I... Read more

  Posted on 30 December 2013 FITNESS, HEALTHY LIVING, SPORTS

• A Year in Blog Posts "World War Z, Pepsi, and Runner's World Abs"

  

  "Son, you want to get some hits on your blog, I got two words for you. Now listen closely. Darryl Dixon. That's right, just put Darryl Dixon in your blog... Read more

  Posted on 27 December 2013 FITNESS, HEALTHY LIVING, SPORTS

• Running Outside in the Frozen Like Olaf

  

  Running in the winter is really a two-headed beast. One of the beasts looks like this:It’s hard to think of treadmill running and running in the snow and ice... Read more

  Posted on 21 December 2013 FITNESS, HEALTHY LIVING, SPORTS

• On the Lips of Children is Climbing Up the Charts and Secret Rewards Await

  

  I wrote a nice little blog post on running in the winter that I was going to put up this morning. But that post has been bumped so I can make this blog what it'... Read more

  Posted on 20 December 2013 FITNESS, HEALTHY LIVING, SPORTS

• Darryl Dixon, Amazon Drones, and I'm Opening A Dollar Store

  

  If I could, for a dollar I would;A. Send Darryl Dixon to your house Christmas morning to unravel all those plastic stringy things on your Christmas toy... Read more

  Posted on 17 December 2013 FITNESS, HEALTHY LIVING, SPORTS

• "Just a Tissue of Niggles" - A Runner's Biggest Fear

  “Today is bad, and day by day it will get worse – until at last the worst of all arrives” ~Some philosopher dude who has a long beard and grey disposition. Read more

  Posted on 16 December 2013 FITNESS, HEALTHY LIVING, SPORTS

• Fear and Loathing on the Netgalley Trail

  

  I have recently discovered Netgalley, and my life may never be the same. It’s like having your plane crash on a mysterious island and suddenly you can walk and... Read more

  Posted on 13 December 2013 FITNESS, HEALTHY LIVING, SPORTS

• "Running With the Pack," by Mark Rowlands

  

  “Most of the serious thinking I have done over the past twenty years has been done while running,” says philosophy professor Rowlands, who has run for most of... Read more

  Posted on 12 December 2013 FITNESS, HEALTHY LIVING, SPORTS

• Yahoo Email Is Down

  

  My Yahoo Email is down and has been down since Monday. Completely inaccessible. They say it is for scheduled maintenance, but the longer it is down the more I... Read more

  Posted on 11 December 2013 FITNESS, HEALTHY LIVING, SPORTS

• What Do You Think About When You Run?

  

  Chances are if you ever told a non-runner that you go for 2 and 3 hour runs, you’ve been asked the question: “What do you think about when you run? Read more

  Posted on 09 December 2013 FITNESS, HEALTHY LIVING, SPORTS

• "Met My Old Lover in a Grocery Store. The Snow Was Falling Christmas Eve" Some...

  

  I wrote the following short story/flash fiction for Pen and Muse's "12 Days of Christmas" project. It is based on the song "Same Auld Lang Syne" by Dan Fogelber... Read more

  Posted on 05 December 2013 FITNESS, HEALTHY LIVING, SPORTS

• "Runner" by Patrick Lee

  

  A review of the upcoming novel "Runner” By Patrick Lee (I received an advanced review copy from St. Martin’s Press) Description: The New York Times and USA Toda... Read more

  Posted on 04 December 2013 FITNESS, HEALTHY LIVING, SPORTS

• A "Little Dummer Boy" Inspired Gift List for Runners

  

  Black Friday this year was really just a jacked up Grey Thanksgiving Evening. We are now in Cyber Monday and being inundated with Christmas Gift ideas. Read more

  Posted on 02 December 2013 FITNESS, HEALTHY LIVING, SPORTS

• "Someday I Will Not Be Able To Do This" - Thanksgiving Thoughts

  

  The thing I fear the most about anything I write is that it will sound cliche or trite. Unoriginal. Maybe because in my heart, I feel like an imposter of a... Read more

  Posted on 27 November 2013 FITNESS, HEALTHY LIVING, SPORTS

• Talking Turkeys: Thanksgiving Day Excerpt

  

  STRAY turns three years old this week and will be .99 cents until Saturday. Check out the latest cover. .99¢ KINDLE Version That strung out heroin addict on... Read more

  Posted on 25 November 2013 FITNESS, HEALTHY LIVING, SPORTS

• Running Marathons Killed the Runner in Me

  Lunatic Fringe. I know you are out there. You can run 3 marathons a year. You could probably get through 26.2 miles on any given day under 5 hours if you... Read more

  Posted on 22 November 2013 FITNESS, HEALTHY LIVING, SPORTS