The video sums it up pretty well…. I really do want to thank my very understanding wife, Jessica, for supporting me 100%. She sacrifices a lot in order for me to participate in all these races. I also want to thank my parents for making to almost all of my races this year, even the […]

I thought I had everything planned, I remembered to put on my Chamois Butt’r, covered my feet in Vaseline and had all my cold weather gear. My Garmin watch was fully charged and I had my three Hammer nutrition gels in my pockets. I said goodbye to Jessica and Kate and walked from Sona and […]

  Saturday morning I will ask my body to do something that it has never done before – run 26.2 miles. Sure, I’ve done triathlons that lasted more than six hours and hopefully I will be on the way back to Louisville six hours after this marathon starts, but running for three and a half […]

If you are a triathlete, I’m sure certain things immediately come to mind when you hear the term “Ironman”. I first heard this word/term in the late 80’s when I was a lad watching the NBC coverage of the Ironman Championship in Hawaii. The term Ironman to me meant completing a triathlon that was comprised […]

I started running for fun while I was in college. Studying for Engineering classes can really drain your brain, so I started running a few days a week to clear my mind. I like goals – so I set a goal to run the miniMarathon in April of 1998 and did so in 2 hours, […]

According to a shocking study by a cardiologist, marathon runners who lack proper training can temporarily damage their heart. Lack of aerobic fitness may impair how the heart copes with the stress of running a marathon. The study looked at 20 marathon runners with varying levels of fitness (based on their VO2 max). Those in […]

With 2 weeks to go until my first attempt at a full marathon, I really needed to get in one last long run. I had planned on doing a “Marathon Simulation” run with about 3 weeks to go, but the injury to my foot really messed up my training plan. I figured that I would […]

The Plantar Fascia is the tendon that runs under your foot from the toes to the heel. This tendon can become strained if it is overused or stressed. A combination of the extra miles I’ve logged during my marathon training and my run-in with the hickory nut have left my planta fascia begging for a […]

So by now we all know that High-Fructose Corn Syrup (or Corn Sugar) is BAD. As in it affects the levels of insulin that your body releases and leaves more sugar in the bloodstream…which translates to fat. Look for it on labels – it’s in nearly everything you buy that is processed. Table sugar, while […]

This past Saturday was the Ford Ironman Championship in Kona, Hawaii. It started around 12:30pm Eastern Time and I was able to watch it online on and off all day. I could go off on a tangent about how stupid it is that we can see poker tournaments and Canadian Football live on TV all […]