July 2010

Make friends with pain and you’ll never be alone

July 31, 2010

Tweet Title quote by Ken Chlouber, founder of the Leadville 100. Running is not a pain-free sport. It’s not a painful sport either, in the sense that basketball and football are. It’s a sport that requires you to be completely in tune with your body, and even more in tune with the environment. This realization [...]

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Round Up July 24-30

July 31, 2010

Tweet Tyler started out this writing week announcing his move toward minimalism. I know that writing something down and announcing it to friends (or readers which are hopefully both) is a great way to start a new habit and inadvertently ask for accountability. He also shared with us his great time geeking out and partying [...]

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Retirement Homes

July 31, 2010

Tweet (This is the last of Ray’s observations, and the second to last post chronicling my friendship with the man. If you want to whole story, start with My Friend Ray, then Okie from Muskogee, on to Old Dogs, New Tricks, My Computer Adventure and My First Driving Experience. Thanks for keeping up.) I was [...]

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The race to be race-ready

July 30, 2010

Tweet It was late November, and I was hooked on (almost) barefoot running. After making sure to read Born To Run three times, studying Barefoot Ted and running every third run barefoot to concentrate on form, my dad challenged me to run the half marathon. Run it? Duh. Run the race in Vibrams? Maaaaaaybe. Determined [...]

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My First Driving Experience

July 30, 2010

Tweet (This is part 5 in a story about Ray’s life observations. To catch up, check out My Friend Ray, Okie from Muskogee, Old Dogs – New Tricks and My Computer Adventure. Ray would be happy you’re reading.) One historian wrote that Ford’s promise to build an automobile in any color so long as that [...]

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Why I run (almost) barefoot (part 3)

July 29, 2010

Tweet I haven’t run since Saturday and I’m starting to go nuts. Thanks to some extremely painful shin splints from basketball and now a budding sinus infection, they only workouts I’ve completed, save a seven-mile bike ride and volleyball, are the 100 pushups program. I feel lazy. Sure, I know that I’m sick and run [...]

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My Computer Adventure

July 29, 2010

Tweet (This is part of a series of life observations by late friend Ray. If you’d like the backstory, start with My Friend Ray, then head to Okie from Muskogee and then Old Dog, New Tricks. This will not be the last of Ray’s posts.) I began my computer adventure twenty years ago in Oklahoma. [...]

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Old Dogs – New Tricks

July 28, 2010

Tweet (These are a series of life observations by my late friend Ray. The story’s prologue is My Friend Ray, and his part starts with Okie from Muskogee.) I have fallen so often that I am declining. FVT is like every other such refuge for decliners. Life can be boring and villagers find different ways [...]

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Why I run (almost) barefoot (part 2)

July 27, 2010

Tweet (Part 1 of why I decided to toss my expensive running shoes.) The transition from running in regular shoes to running (almost) barefoot wasn’t always easy. After my first attempts to stop landing on my heels, I started to learn more about what it meant to have good running form. Apparently running completely on [...]

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Why I run (almost) barefoot (part 1)

July 27, 2010

Tweet (In my previous post, I talked about Why I Run. This is a continuation of the story, but not a strict one.) My first half marathon didn’t age well. The pounding did a number on my joints, especially my knees and hips, and prompted me to use the elliptical in an attempt to manage [...]

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