43 Things about Joe

In honor of turning the big 4-3 today, I wanted to post 43 things that you might not know about me. I started running in 2005 to shed a few pounds prior to an upcoming vacation. I am now 44 pounds lighter today than my pre-running weight in 2005. My all-time favorite music artist is [...]

Racing as part of your marathon training strategy

I’ve been getting a lot of questions lately from fellow marathoners, runners, family and friends as to why we’ve been doing so much racing lately. Is it some sort of new “running psychosis”?  Am I going through a turning 43 years old on Saturday crisis?  Could it be a manifestation of New Dad nervousness? None of the [...]

Dom Update …. Story time

I’ve been thinking about Dom a lot lately.  I’m not sure if it is the fact that my long runs are stretching back to that 10-12 mile range and I have more time to myself, or if it is because we are approaching the time last year when we first learned of Dom’s cancer diagnosis. [...]

Cougar Country Classic 5K – Sneaking one in ….

Saturday as 25 women descended on our home for Dawn’s Baby Shower I realized that in addition to being “kicked out” of the house for the afternoon, I was also going to have a free night on my hands. Now, I don’t know a whole lot about being a new Dad as this will be [...]

Motivation compliments of USPS

“Neither snow nor rain nor heat nor gloom of night stays these couriers from the swift completion of their appointed rounds”.  Funny how although the United States Postal Service does not have an “official” creed or motto – those words (which are actually inscribed on the James Farley Post Office in New York City) when [...]

In Just Five Words ….

On November 10th a little WordPress blog was launched.   As I penned the very first entry on Joe Runs for Dom I hoped more than anything that it would not be just another “runner blog”.   I was hoping that somehow I would find an audience that would be interested enough to stop by from time to [...]

Warrior Dash …. Losing it?

O.K. – I’m going to put this out there.  There is a chance, a small one anyway, that I might finally be losing it. I don’t consider myself an “extreme athlete” by any means.  Or an “extreme” anything for that matter. Yes I realize that running two marathons in 13 days is not exactly “normal” [...]

Winning is nice too – Honor our Heroes 10K Race Report

I’ve never won a footrace.  Not in High School, not in Middle School, Elementary School or Summer Camp.  At least not that I remember. But Thursday night that changed.  With a time of 41:06 on a hot 92 degree night here in Austin, TX – I won the Overall Men’s Honor our Heroes 10K race.  [...]

Running through sprinklers

It really is amazing sometimes how just when you think you have it all figured out – something happens in the blink of an eye and completely shifts your focus and helps you zero in on the things that are truly important. When I’m not running, just like the vast majority out there, I have [...]

7:37 – Back to Boston

7:37 pace. Sounds pretty innocent – nothing too outrageous. Back in May at the Congress Avenue Mile we posted a mile time of 5:24.  That’s pretty fast for a 42.9 year old like me. A couple of weeks ago at the Holland, TX 5K we raced to a time of 19:28 at 6:15/mile pace.  Not [...]