An open letter to New Balance

Posted on October 30, 2013 | 5 min read time

New Balance, we have to talk, okay? Over the last fifteen years, I’ve gladly given you a lot of money. I’ve owned somewhere around 50-60 pairs of your shoes. That sounds like a lot to me too, but fifteen years ago, I decided I didn’t want to buy other brands of sneakers anymore. You guys made your shoes in the US and denounced sweatshop labor. I was young and idealistic at the time so this was all it took to sell me. [Read More]

Mid-October marathon training update

Posted on October 17, 2013 | 3 min read time

Now that the excitement seems to be over regarding the Todd Kincannon affair, I should probably write some sort of running related update here, shouldn’t I? There are just 29 days until the Richmond Marathon and I’m officially in that stage of training where I’m looking at the calendar, looking at my legs, and then looking back at the calendar again saying “there’s no way I’m going to be ready for this thing! [Read More]

Taming that marathon hunger

Posted on October 8, 2013 | 4 min read time

When you’re training for a marathon, you will want to eat all the things…all the time. With less than six weeks until the Richmond Marathon, my training is nearing its peak. I’m currently running six days a week and hitting 48 miles per week. In a couple more weeks, I’m scheduled to peak at 53 miles (two weeks of this in a row) which will be more than I’ve ever run in a week. [Read More]

Sean Hanna Foundation 6th Annual 5k - 22:51

Posted on September 29, 2013 | 5 min read time

3rd place in my age group! This is one of my favorite races. It doesn’t seem like anything special, just another small community 5k, but it’s a lot of fun and it’s for a great cause. The Sean Hanna Foundation was created by the family of a friend of mine who passed away from cancer in 2007. Sean was one of the best people I know, always giving, caring about others, and making people smile. [Read More]

Running six days in a row

Posted on September 26, 2013 | 3 min read time

Tonight’s four mile run will mark the sixth straight day I’ve run. This will be a first for me! Actually, as far as I can think, last night’s run was the first time I’ve ever even run five days in a row. Generally, I keep to running five days a week and usually not more than three in a row. Sometimes, my schedule will force me to run four days in a row, but I try to minimize that. [Read More]

2013 runDisney Dumbo Double Dare

Posted on September 24, 2013 | 6 min read time

I’m kind of sucker for runDisney races. Some people don’t get the love-affair and simply see the Disney races as expensive, crowded, and gimmicky. I’ll concede that they’re not cheap, but I’m a kid at heart and I love Disney—since we started dating, my wife and I have taken at least one trip to Disney each year. Being able to combine Disney with running is exciting to me, they’re two of my favorite things. [Read More]

My quick, still emotional, feelings on the Boston Marathon

Posted on April 16, 2013 | 5 min read time

I woke up this morning, on my thirtieth birthday, a milestone birthday, with a set plan for the day. Open my wife’s gifts, treat myself to a Starbucks vanilla latte on the way to work, blow off doing any work in the morning so I could closely watch online coverage of the Boston Marathon instead, get my obligatory birthday burrito for lunch, come home and go for my first run in seven weeks (injury, boo! [Read More]