Uisge Beatha

Whenever one is attempting to look to the future, it is always good to recount the past. So, with the  dailymile  theme of favorite race p...

My running life seems to have been punctuated by defining moments where my attitude and approach shifts dramatically. Sometimes these shifts...

It's about time I came to grips with the fact that I have high-blood pressure. There, I said it. It is possible for someone like me, who...

This year I have some pretty significant speed and distance goals in mind and one of the tools I will use to achieve them is a fairly high-m...

I have been excited about the upcoming release of the Green Silence  ever since the product was announced last year.  I am looking to move...

Yesterday marked the first "real" tempo run of this year's training, and let's just say it wasn't pretty. I had all so...

Hi blog! I know, we haven't spoken in a while. It's just I've been busy! There were the holidays, then I got sick, and then I ju...

Hectic schedules and workouts don't often go hand-in-hand so it is often that I find myself with a break that is seemingly too short for...

For the past year of training I have been incorporating core-strength workouts into my routine via Wii Fit. I believe it has made me a stro...

My search for a suitable turkey trot had several criteria this year. First, knowing how much cooking I have to do on Thanksgiving meant tha...

Last year the holidays represented a pretty significant loss in fitness, which I hope will not be repeated this year. I think the goal this...

Runners have to be acutely aware of the difference between soreness, which is a direct result of hard training, and pain, which is a result ...

I did not come to be competitive in running through a high school or college pedigree. In fact, I did not start doing anything remotely phy...

With Halloween gone, there is no denying the holiday season is approaching. In that light I thought it would be worthwhile to put together ...

All I can say is: "Ouch!" Today marked the first tempo run in two weeks and boy I am feeling it tonight. Let me just say first o...

Now that I am finished with my two week recovery, today begins the beginning of training for my 2010 racing season! It was great to get out...

Finding time to run is a challenge with hectic schedules, so I usually find the best time to run is during lunch. This can somewhat limit w...

Feels a little weird to be reviewing a watch, but honestly there are a lot of features that go into a decent training watch and I think this...

I know I'm breaking out of my box here. It used to be I was a one-shoe guy, the Brooks Adrenaline. But lately I've been branching ...

Last week I tried to ease back into training, but was slowed down a little by a tight hamstring. I decided to not push it and opted for som...