When running, it’s so important to have the proper gear. One of the best parts of starting up a running routine is that you need very little by way of equipment. That equipment, however, is very important. The shoes you run in can make or break your run. The wrong shoes can lead to …


Run For Food!
So, on Thanksgiving, I participated in the Run For Food fundraiser to help the local shelter – The Jesus Center. It was my second 5K, and overall, I’m pleased with my results. I came in under 40 minutes at 39.11.3. Not bad for someone who was coughing up a lung last week. Here are the …

Notes on My First 5K & Why Running?
Theme Song: Death Cab for Cutie, “Transatlanticism” So on Independence Day, I ran my first 5K race. I didn’t do too bad. I’d met two of the goals I’d had going into it – to finish the race and to have a race time under 45 minutes. I placed at 183 out of 216 people …

Writing and Running (Running and Writing?)
Theme Song: “Army of Me” Björk Projects of the day: Finish up stuff for Bright Hub, cut my firewalk article down, revise my philosophy and the lover article, write up an interview and an article on sports activism, get my hair cut 🙂 Recently, I’ve started a Couch to 5K training program. Part of the …