Don't worry, you're not supposed to be at work Recently, I haven't posted anything on Saturdays. Blog traffic is always a little lighter on the weekends, and it just seems I have more good stuff to write about during the week. But the idea came to me (on a run, of course) that perhaps Saturdays would ...
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Catching Up
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It wasn't pretty, but I made it. Five hours and thirty-four minutes after I started, in temperatures that never got out of the twenties and fierce winds that numbed my face at times, I crossed the finish line of my first trail race, the PHUNT 50K, and officially became an ultramarathoner. The group I run ...
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Happy New Year! Hope things didn't get so crazy on New Year's Eve that you couldn't enjoy what is, in my humble opinion, the most inspiring day of the year. I kicked back a few strong stouts (like 8.5-12.5% alcohol), courtesy of my sister, but I started this morning with some apple/pear/carrot/ginger/beet/orange juice from our ...
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As you can probably imagine, I was pretty bummed to find out on Thursday night that the Frozen Foot 50K that I was planning to run on Saturday was canceled, due to "unforeseen circumstances." Maybe the snow in the forecast played a part; I'm not sure if people do ultras in the snow. And it ...
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Should you ever write a book that's a self-proclaimed "fitness revolution," here's how you should promote it: Set up an alert for words in your book's title, so that you know whenever a blog mentions your book (or another book whose title sounds like yours). Even if a mention is unrelated to your book, leave an out-of-context ...
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Take one down, pass it around As of yesterday, 99 No Meat Athlete shirts (plus a few freebies) are floating around this planet! Most are in the U.S. lower 48, but I've shipped ...
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