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• Book Review: "Honey, Do You Need A Ride? Confessions of a Fat Runner"

  

  Jennifer Graham is one of the spices over at Salty Running. She writes and runs in the suburbs of Boston, where she lives with her four children, two donkeys,... Read more

  Posted on 25 July 2013 FITNESS, HEALTHY LIVING, SPORTS

• Taking Steroids to Run Again

  

  Once you retire.Once a spouse dies.Once you lose the fire and purpose in your spirit.These are things that seem to speed us along to our deaths. Read more

  Posted on 23 July 2013 FITNESS, HEALTHY LIVING, SPORTS

• A Breaking Bad Marathon. No, I Mean It. "A Breaking Bad Marathon"

  

  What if there really were a Breaking Bad Marathon? No, I don’t mean a ton of past episodes played back to back to back. I mean if all the characters took part i... Read more

  Posted on 19 July 2013 FITNESS, HEALTHY LIVING, SPORTS

• Cover Reveal and Fiver.com

  

  For the past several months, I have been revising, rewriting, and regrinding blogs posts, and if all goes well, the material will be available as a book on... Read more

  Posted on 17 July 2013 FITNESS, HEALTHY LIVING, SPORTS

• Kabbalah, The New York City Marathon, and The Indigo Girls

  

  And then I think about my fear of motion, which I never could explain. Some other fool across the ocean years ago must have crashed his little airplane ~Indigo... Read more

  Posted on 15 July 2013 FITNESS, HEALTHY LIVING, SPORTS

• Running Sick: How My 6 Miles Triggered the Apocalypse

  

  To run sick or not to run sick.I’ve got some sort of chest infection. Whole family’s got it down to the rodents. (No Joke)I am always getting sinus infections... Read more

  Posted on 12 July 2013 SELF EXPRESSION

• The Night Max Put On His Wolf Suit: "WHERE THE WILD THINGS ARE"

  

  “I only have one subject. The question I am obsessed with is: How do children survive?” Maurice Sendak, author of “Where the Wild Things Are”Deep question from... Read more

  Posted on 09 July 2013 SELF EXPRESSION

• New York City Marathon Training, and Laughing So Hard That Milk Comes Shooting...

  

  It’s July, and I’m considering myself in training mode for the New York City Marathon. 31 miles in the last six days.Time goals aren’t my focus, just a fun run... Read more

  Posted on 04 July 2013 FITNESS, HEALTHY LIVING, SPORTS

• "A Life of Death" by Weston Kincade

  

  First, a shout out to Weston Kincade for editing my novel, and then a high-pitched howl about his own release, “A Life of Death. Read more

  Posted on 03 July 2013 FITNESS, HEALTHY LIVING, SPORTS

• 9 Ways I Handle Running In the Heat

  

  Blogger contacted me a week ago. Can you believe it? I didn't know there were real people behind this thing. Here's how the conversation went.Blogger: "Hey,... Read more

  Posted on 29 June 2013 FITNESS, HEALTHY LIVING, SPORTS

• 21 Years Sober But Getting Drunk On Inspiration

  

  If my child had been born on the last day I took a drink, that child would turn 21 years old today and able to drink legally. I am reveling in that irony. It’s ... Read more

  Posted on 27 June 2013 FITNESS, HEALTHY LIVING, SPORTS

• World War Z, Sprinting Zombies, and All I Wanted Was A Pepsi

  

  World War Z was cool. It was fun. Not a single drop of buyer’s remorse here. I did not read the book, which I am sure really helps in this case, because I had... Read more

  Posted on 26 June 2013 SELF EXPRESSION

• Chicago, New York, Detroit and It's All the Same Street

  

  Took a 6:30 run on the glorious downtown Chicago lakeshore trail. If you’ve been to Chicago, or live in the Midwest, it’s a must run area. Read more

  Posted on 24 June 2013 FITNESS, HEALTHY LIVING, SPORTS

• Why I Write About Runners

  

  I've written 3 novels. “Stray” is about drug addiction, and the other 2 feature runners. I am going to end this streak soon, but there's something about... Read more

  Posted on 19 June 2013 FITNESS, HEALTHY LIVING, SPORTS

• A Return to Running and I'm in the Sunday Paper

  

  My planned 30 days of rest has ended at 23. I relapsed on a lovely six mile run. Like most relapses, I could lie to myself and say I didn't see it coming, but i... Read more

  Posted on 18 June 2013 FITNESS, HEALTHY LIVING, SPORTS

• Mountain Home and Bracken MacLeod

  

  As I write, run, and chase the dragon, I have learned a few things along the way. Much like the running community, the writing community is incredibly... Read more

  Posted on 17 June 2013 BOOKS

• All the Best Runners Have Daddy Issues

  

  Dads. From the day you are born until you turn 13-15 or so, they know everything. They are like superman. They can beat anybody up, and you want to be them.Then... Read more

  Posted on 16 June 2013 FAMILY

• Running Triggers and Running Withdrawals

  

  I have now gone 18 days with no running. My streak began at 11:01 am on Saturday, May 25th and I have not logged a single mile since. Nothing. Closest thing... Read more

  Posted on 13 June 2013 FITNESS, HEALTHY LIVING, SPORTS

• Game of Thrones Season 3

  

  Game of Thrones has ended with Daenrys crowd surfacing to the chant of “Mesa”. Now she’s the mother of both Dragons and thousands of loyal devoted followers... Read more

  Posted on 10 June 2013 FITNESS, HEALTHY LIVING, SPORTS

• What To Expect at the Ann Arbor Marathon

  

  The Ann Arbor Marathon is this weekend. I loved the event, and I am a bit sad that I won’t be there. I have ran the event as many times as anyone. Nobody has ra... Read more

  Posted on 07 June 2013 FITNESS, HEALTHY LIVING, SPORTS