If You Give a Runner a Cookie
Indulge us (literally) with a runner’s take on the popular children’s book, If You Give A Mouse A Cookie… If you give a runner a cookie,she’s going to count the miles it will take to run it off.When she goes out to run,she’ll realize her shoes are old.She’…
Read More ›Acts of Daring
Franklin D. Roosevelt said, “The only thing we have to fear is fear itself.” Actually, he said, “The only thing we have to fee-ah, is fee-ah itself.” It’s a pretty profound statement and, at opportune times, sounds nice to say (especially with a heavy East Coast…
Read More ›Old Goals
Goals are funny things. Far from being fixed and unchanging, they are shifty little objects, always bouncing around from one level to the next. There is undoubtedly a ranking system to the goal hierarchy—a daily objective, for instance, doesn’t quite carry the weight of a lifelon…
Read More ›Forget Resolutions: Make a Life Change
It’s that time again, the season to resolve that, this year, things are going to be different. Yeah, so, you made the same resolution last year, but this time you really mean it. Maybe. Sort of. Well, if this story doesn’t inspire you to make a “life chan…
Read More ›Fighting for the Kids: Luke Hofmann
Ironman and former FLEET FEET employee Luke Hofmann sits on the edge of the hospital bed, Xbox controller in hand. Across from him a young boy, eyes focused and bright with competition, head smooth and hairless from chemotherapy, also holds a controller. The twelve-year-old talks smack as he…
Read More ›My (Hypothetical) Marathon Twitter Feed
Ah, social media. For better or for worse, it pervades almost every area of modern life. And while I consider my runs sacred, inviolable, and not to be touched by the nuisance of real-time updates (other than mile splits, of course), it is interesting to wonder what it would look like if a m…
Read More ›The Wall (and What To Do When You Hit It)
The wall is unceremonious when it hits. It is anti-climactic. There are no niceties, no formalities, no punctilios of impending doom. There is no, “Excuse me, miss, I’m terribly sorry, but do you mind if I step in and destroy your hopes and dreams and bring the labor of the past …
Read More ›The Thanksgiving Run
‘Tis the season for thankfulness. And pumpkin pie. And turkey. And cranberries in a can. And festive inflatable lawn decorations. And the occasional highly suspect and implausible story from Uncle Steve that has just enough factual validity to be disconcerting. But mostly thankfulness.…
Read More ›How to Run in the Rain
“It’s supposed to rain… what should I wear?” We get it all the time. The rain question. How should you dress if it’s supposed to pour on race day? Storm during a long run? Drizzle on a daily dash? In addition to being a primo opportunity to use the phrase, …
Read More ›Blinking People (In Honor of National Running Safety Month)
I like blinking people. Blinking people are fun. And with the time change, we get to see a lot more of them. For the runner, the end of daylight savings time always means more adjustments than those pertaining to the analog and digital. Calibrating a clock face is one thing. Heading out for…
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