My Anti-Segway Protest
Don’t mind me, but I’m in the middle of a protest. There are all sorts of things to hate on in this world, any number of issues around which to form your metaphorical picket line. High gas prices. Bedbugs. Airport security. Nicki Minaj. Income tax. Traffic. Nicki Minaj. I have …
Read More ›FLEET FEET Coaches Run Through the Caribbean
A group of seven FLEET FEET Training Team coaches and a few additional friends has just disembarked from the latest Caribbean Islands Marathon Cruise (CIMC), which was hosted by the husband and wife team of John "The Penguin" Bingham and Jenny Hadfield. John and Jenny own Mar…
Read More ›Mumford and Sons and 10K PRs
Mumford and Sons propelled me to not one, not two, but three PRs. True story. It all started with what was destined to be the worst track workout of all time. Smack dab in the middle of marathon training, I was scheduled to run eight miles with 6 x 1000 at 5K race pace. I had run the workou…
Read More ›The End is Near
The end is near. No, I'm not some soothsayer predicting an apocalypse...Quite the contrary, actually. Those winter doldrums brought about by nothing but cold, dark runs are soon to end. It's the time of rebirth, rejuvenation, and racing. Spring is upon us. …
Read More ›Bruce Edwards joins the 50 States Marathon Club
I’ve known Bruce Edwards for a long time, so when the opportunity came for me to write about his induction into the “50 States Marathon Club” I quickly took it. I met Bruce in 2000 when I started working at FLEET FEET. He came into our (then St. Peters) sto…
Read More ›We Want You to Join the FLEET FEET Racing Team!
Throughout my years of coaching, I've written many a recruiting letter. Whether it be for cross country or track; for high school, college, post collegiate; they all were about wanting to see people strive for more and challenge themselves to aspire to be better than they thought possi…
Read More ›You Can't (Always) Judge a Runner By His Shorts
Ah, running. Such a sage instructor it is. Running is the Obi-Wan Kenobi of my highly reflective, spandex-clad life. Running instructs me. It grows my confidence and fells my pride. It keeps me humble. It teaches me patience. It reveals my weaknesses. It builds my strength. It illustrates va…
Read More ›The ?Same-Pace Guy? Survival Guide
How to Handle the Unplanned, Unwanted, or Undesirable Mid-Run Companion There aren’t many things that distance runners consider awkward. (I mean, we’re talking about people who have no trouble asking acquaintances of less than five minutes to “stand guard” while they…
Read More ›Illiotibial Band Friction Syndrome at a Glance
For many St. Louis runners, the time has come to lace up your shoes and hit the road running in preparation for a spring marathon or half marathon. Three or four weeks into their new training program will be a tough time for some of those runners because that period is one of the likel…
Read More ›The Running Buddy Prenup
The great poet Ralph Waldo Emerson said, “A friend may well be reckoned the masterpiece of nature.” A running buddy then, if I may be so bold as to give a runner’s spin to the adage, is the masterpiece of the miles. Four days ago, I was talking to a new acquaintance about …
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