During my long run on Wednesday I went a few miles into Seneca and Cherokee Parks. I like running through parks because it takes you away from civilization. I run through neighborhoods and populated area’s all the time – it’s nice to run amongst the trees. One of these trees produces what I believe are […]

The 2010 Ironman World Championship is this Saturday in Kona, HI. The top athletes in the sport of long-course triathlon will race for the title starting at 6am (12pm EST) on Saturday. Although I have never yet to race in an Ironman distance triathlon, I do know that it takes a special athlete to qualify […]

A few times a year (last time being in May), usually after a big race, I move away from my typical healthy eating habits and “splurge” for a week or so. I refer to this week as my “Week of Gluttony”. The Boilerman Triathlon last weekend was my final triathlon of the year, so while […]

In the world of running, the term LSD has nothing to do with tripping on acid and having flashbacks of Greatful Dead concerts. For runners, it stands for Long-Slow-Distance. While these runs aren’t all you should be doing when training for half or full marathons, they need to be in the training plan somewhere. Building […]

Is there such a thing as a perfect race? I doubt it, but what I managed to put together yesterday was as close as I’ve ever come to achieving one. I wasn’t too optimistic while loading up the car and leaving the hotel to head towards the race site. It was 52° with a light […]

It’s going to be a fun weekend! A little road trip up to West Lafayette, Indiana to see a Purdue football game tomorrow and then to race in the Boilerman Triathlon on Sunday. Jessica, Kate and I will be in our car with all my race gear and my parents will head up there as […]

As Jessica and I sat down to watch some episodes of The Office on TBS last night I noticed that during every commercial break there seemed to be an ad for a fast food restaurant offering a cheap lunch meal, usually for $5 or less. For someone that is forced, or likes to eat lunch […]

My wife knows how hard I train. She hears my alarm go off every morning at 4:30am. She has the joy of hearing all about my training session every evening when I get home from work (or when I get my morning phone call from her once our little one is up). I tell her […]

I’ve been battling a stomach virus all week. It hit me Monday afternoon and came in waves all week long. I took Tuesday off thinking a few hours of extra sleep would help me heal up. Feeling a little better, I attempted to continue with my planned workouts on Wednesday and Thursday…neither of which worked […]

If you read nutrition labels at all, you know that you should try to avoid high-fructose corn syrup (HFCS).  It is a sweetener and preservative used in many soda’s and fruit drinks. It is made by changing the sugar in cornstarch to fructose. The end product is used to extend the shelf-life of processed foods […]