Don’t let fear overcome your common sense

by | Workout Tips

In a continuing collaboration with Scott over at Straight to the Bar, we will be talking about head games for the month of April and delve into the thought processes that you may have while you are working out or competing. Today I would like to discuss fear and how...

State of Emergency

by | News, Personal

Thank you for your well wishes and congratulations, everybody. I will have plenty to say about the race and how it went, but it will probably take a few days to get everything available. I will try to get back to everybody that posted a comment or emailed me, but it...

1 Day until the Boston Marathon

by | Sports

The Boston Marathon is tomorrow morning. That sounds strange; this is the first year that the races starts in the morning. The starting gun will be at 10:00 for the first wave of the start, rather than at noon as it has been for the past century or so. The weather...

How to Avoid Hypothermia during a race

by | Workout Tips

Before taking off this morning, I checked my inbox and saw this email from the Boston Athletic Association concerning Monday’s race. It contains some great advice about how to avoid hypothermia when you are running, and how to treat somebody who is suffering...