If you're the type that reads blogs about vegetarian and vegan fitness, then you already know who Brendan Brazier is. He's been a friend of this site since the very beginning, so of course you've already checked out our first interview, our second interview, and our third interview, right? Okay, so if by chance you…

When I first tried to read the ChiRunning book after a friend recommended it to help me qualify for Boston, I couldn't get through it. I really wanted to like it — the friend who recommended it to me is the same one who ran Badwater (135 miles) and Western States (100 miles) within two…

First off today, I just want to take a minute and say thank you for your incredibly supportive comments on my Boston Marathon post.  You guys blew me away with the words of encouragement, and I really appreciate all of you taking the time to do that. With the time I would have spent writing…

At South by Southwest Interactive (the conference where I've been for the past week), there's a lot of "free shit" to be garnered. Mostly, "free" takes the form of tacos and empanadas from the scores of food trucks in Austin.  And it sometimes shows up as beer (usually Miller Lite but often Shiner Bock, which…

Rapid Fat-Loss.  Incredible Sex.  Becoming Superhuman. Of the three promises contained in the subtitle of Tim Ferriss' new book,  The 4-Hour Body (Amazon affiliate link), it's that third one that really grabbed me. Not that rapid fat loss and incredible sex don't sound appealing; it's just that they're the same promises hucksters have made for…