If you are at least curious about running socks, whether its asking yourself if you are running in the right pairs or if you have chosen the best pair to help with your blister problem, this is the right post for you. Socks can be an afterthought for a lot of runners, but once you have …
Eating on race day comes down to knowing what type of fuel your body needs to sustain itself during the race, whatever the distance. Training runs are typically the best way to figure this out, as with most things in running you never want to try new things on race day. More elaborate discussions can …
This post covers picking out traditional running shoes as opposed to minimalist/barefoot shoes. If you understand the difference you can skip the rest of this paragraph, if not, please keep reading. There are subcategories and different labels for these styles of running shoes, but for the sake of this article I will keep their descriptions …
The Tuesday before Thanksgiving I was able to knock out a decent trail run on Three Ridges 30 miles south of Charlottesville. Yes, running is still on the back burner, but I had the day off, the sun was shining bright and the mountains were calling my name. And yes I am really late on …
I knew choosing the Mountain Masochist 50 Mile Trail Race as my first ultra was a big step, but I had to start somewhere. I knew the area, had hiked some the trails on the course and the course seemed fun. But my first ultra ended in a big fat DNF, I had a lot of …
