Every Monday, I write a Monday Motivation email for my athletes.  Sometimes the email is as simple as a quote and why I feel like it...

I never wanted my running career to get to a point where people had to ask, “Hey, are you still running?” For nearly 20 years, my...

What would you do if you knew you were probably going to fail? During this training cycle, I often thought about a quote and my new...

Well, 2022 didn’t start out the way I had planned. My grand plan for the year was to run the Eugene Marathon, get a marathon starting...

Hi, remember me? I used to write a lot about trying to qualify for the Olympic Trials. Then I qualified and I kind of ran out of...

Something that I've prided myself on is the fact that I'm not an injury-prone athlete. I've had 2 bone injuries since 1999 (tibial...

Yesterday I ran, and finished, the Carmel Marathon in 2:52:05 for 4th place. If you are close to me, and you asked me how I was feeling...

If you had asked me a year ago what the future of my marathon career might hold, I wouldn’t have been able to tell you. Yes, I enjoy...

I have a confession. One of my many pet peeves is when a social media post starts, "It wasn't a PR, but....." Maybe it's me being jaded...

I haven't written a blog post since May 19th. In truth, I haven't had any motivation, but also I'm not sure I've had anything to really...

I am grateful for all the obstacles, setbacks, injuries, and disappointments I have encountered in my life; particularly those from the...

One recent morning I was sitting with my pups, drinking coffee, writing in my journal about nothing and everything, and it hit me: when...

If you are looking for a post about how my life isn't complete without running and how I was lost for 3 weeks without it - you will...

If you have ever wondered why I have race/training cycle recaps up so quickly, it’s because the easiest way for me to process my emotions...

Roughly once a month one of my athletes asks for help programming a workout into a Garmin. I am useless in these requests. I always...

It's crazy that my last blog post was 3 months ago and SO MUCH has changed, yet SO MUCH has stayed the same. Quick recap: My last blog...

Shortly after I had completed my first marathon in 2:50:01, a runner friend of mine said, "just imagine what you could do if running was...

TLDR; I DNF'd a race this weekend that in retrospect probably should have been a DNS. This Spring season of racing and training has...

TLDR; I qualified for the Olympic Trials on Sunday, running 2:40:11 for 2nd place in the Philadelphia marathon. If you want the longer...

If you have talked to me in the past 10 days, you know I can’t stop talking about Deena Kastor’s book. The truth is that it came to me at...