Sunday’s 12 Miler – Both an end and a beginning.

5:50 a.m. and the alarm clock sounds.  It is a holiday weekend, but for a distance runner in Texas this time of year, there is a price to pay for sleeping in.  Even at 6:00 a.m. the temperature is already a steamy 77 degrees.  We have a 12-mile long run on the schedule hanging on [...]

Another RFD Double – The 10K

Friday morning I was stretching against the garage waiting for my Garmin GPS to capture a satellite signal and set for my run.   I have quite a few rituals on “run days” and one of them is to glance up at the American Flag flying above my head as I stretch and gauge the wind.  Is it [...]

What’s next for Dom and Joe

Back in January when I was able to finally kick my shin splint issues and really start training seriously for Boston a friend of mine asked me a question that I knew I would eventually have to answer. “When you’re done with the two marathons for Dom, what are you going to do next?” At [...]

2010 Congress Avenue Mile Race Report

Well that was certainly different.  After running back to back marathons Run for Dom took on the Congress Avenue Mile as our next race.  Having never run anything shorter than a 5K – which in fact I have run exactly twice since 2005 – the mile was something of a mystery to me.  The biggest challenge [...]

New Shoe Friday – Brooks T6 Racers

With our final training run in the books prior to Saturday’s Congress Avenue Mile – it’s time to talk about something that all runners – and even a lot of non-runners love - new shoes!  As most of you know this mile race will be my first ever at that distance – everything from training, race strategy [...]

The Mile — We’re racing on Saturday!

The Congress Avenue Mile looms in just three days (Saturday morning) – and I have to admit that I am pretty far out of my element in preparing for this race.  Never having run track in High School and only taking up running in the last 5 years when I was already 37 years old, [...]

A letter to 26.2 – My Frienemy

26.2 – It’s been two weeks now since we’ve seen each other.  I’ve had some time to reflect on our relationship and come to a conclusion about us. Even when you and I are apart, I still think about you.  It happens on early morning runs sometimes when I let my mind wander or when [...]

Run for Dom Reaches $26.2K Goal!

Last week I was having lunch with a colleague when I received an e-mail that was titled “Running for your friend”. The message was from a runner in Ohio.  He wrote that although we had never met, he had followed my quest on Daily Mile and this blog over the months leading up to the [...]

He’s a maniac, maniac …. #2484

With a pick-up truck bed full of Mule Grass, 5 bags of topsoil and 12 bags of mulch I was finally on my way home from work on Monday.  Normally I would pull right into the drive and start unloading the truck as “yard work 2010″ is almost finished.  But I decided to stop by [...]

Run for Dom Supports Naked Running

Now, now – don’t get ahead of yourself.  I know a lot of you think those two marathons in 13 days were signs that I had finally lost my mind.  But when it comes to running “naked” – I’ve never been more serious. When I say “naked” I don’t mean “au natural” – I mean [...]