I caved. And I didn't just go down, I went down in flames. Just a few hours after I wrote about how hard, emotionally, it was to abstain from eating solid food, it all became too hard. As I went to warm up yet another bowl of pureed green vegetable soup, my wife and sister…
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A day and a half into my experiment with an all-liquid, water and green-vegetable juice cleanse, I've already learned something huge. It has nothing to do with alkalinity or raw food or how all I want to do right now is eat something (solid, for the love of god). It's just this: Real food is…
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Call it post-race blues if you like. It happened after qualifying for Boston, and now it's happening after running my first 50-mile ultramarathon. The story is the same: A planned week off of running turns into two (or three) weeks. And then I get into watching television shows, like the important Bachelorette. This all opens…
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First, thank you for all the congratulations and kind words about my 50-miler! I sincerely hope you all got the message that it's something I really believe you could do, if that's what you decided you wanted. I'm no great runner. I absolutely hated running until I got to college, and even when I did…
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You may be wondering why I'm choking down green slime. I'm doing a seven-day cleanse; that's why. To be honest, I have no idea if these things work. I know there's a lot of doubt about whether herbs and fiber can actually do anything to clear out your liver, kidneys, lymph system, and a bunch…
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