Author: The Art of Running

Years ago I could wake up, put on my running gear and head out the door.  But today as a middle-of-the-pack runner in the 50-54 year-old

The stats helper monkeys at WordPress.com mulled over how this blog did in 2010, and here’s a high level summary of its overall bloqfor g

Last week did not go as planned.  I was out of town last weekend but still got a good run in Saturday while traveling.  But

I just finished a nice 8 mile run.  I like Saturday runs when the sun is out because it’s a welcome change from the dark early

What keeps you from running?  Is it when you’re tired and would rather sleep?  Is it cold temperatures? Ice on the roads?  Too much work to

I thought about titleing this post “Misery loves company” but decided that was too negative.  Although I did think of that headline at 6:30 this morning as

Now, THAT was a little scary.  Yesterday, about 5 miles into my run, as I was cutting across the grass island between the sidewalk and the

After the marathon I had planned to take a week off from running.  As it turns out, it ended up being 13 days.  And that was just right.  A