The importance of recovery

I have been watching, as most people have, the amazing feats accomplished this past week by Michael Phelps. His achievements are only topped by the fact that he had the vision to write down his goals and through looking at them every day ( on that infamous piece of...

Gettin' it freakin' done!

This was the hardest week. I know, “wah wah wah!” Well, it was. I’m getting sick of hearing my story. So, I went for a long run today and decided to run away from my troubles. I have an ad from adidas in my house on my running bulletin board that...

How do you keep your focus?

Has this been a trying week for you? It certainly has for me. I got an email today from the organizers of the Baystate Marathon and realized it’s only two months away!How do you keep your head about you when all around you are losing theirs?I read that in one of...

The first run "post" race

The first run after a hard race is always interesting. Tonight I just did a 30 minute loop. Everything feels good.Things are really hard these days to keep in balance. I had to wait to run until much later than I prefer. But I kept thinking that letting these other...