When I was planning out my races for this year, I never thought Bethlehem, Pennsylvania would end up being the site of one of my favorites. In fact, until this year, I didn’t know that Bethlehem, PA was even a place…. The main reason I signed…
Friday Five – My Five Favorite Big City Races
The last post I did like this listed the five most scenic races I’ve done. So for this one, I thought I’d list my five favorite big city races. I’m at a little bit of a disadvantage with this post because…
Aspen, Colorado and the Perception of Limits
Am I getting too old for this? I mean really, I just turned forty earlier this year… maybe I should start thinking about what my limits are and whether or not I’m trying to do too much. I don’t know very…
Friday 5: My Five Most Scenic Races
I’m currently on my way to Aspen, Colorado to run the Golden Leaf Half Marathon. I registered for this race several months ago and as race day has gotten closer, the thought of doing it has been a bit intimidating… Mainly because it’s…
Friday 5: My Top Five Rock n Roll Series Races
Last week, one of my Instagram followers asked me what my favorite Rock n Roll Marathon Series race was. That’s a tough question to answer since there are a number of races in this series that I’ve enjoyed running over…
Rock n Roll McMarathon
I’m going to make kind of an odd comparison here. Stay with me until the end though and hopefully this will make sense by the time you’re done reading this post…. There’s a restaurant in Ohio called B-Spot Burgers. It’s been…
I Published My First Book – Southern Fried Running
I know I mentioned this to a few people while it was a work in progress but it’s finally done – I’ve published my first book!!! And you can have a free copy of it if you want (read on…). Southern…
Race Recap: Grand Teton Half Marathon
It’s been said that the best way to build an innovative business is to take two seemingly unrelated ideas and combine them together. If you do that, you may have plenty of competitors who focus on either one of those ideas, you become…
Wheeling, WV Ogden Newspapers Half Marathon Classic
The Race Before I get started with this review, I want to make sure that everyone who reads it knows what race I’m going to be talking about. The Zions Bank Ogden Marathon is a well known race that’s held each May…
Race Recap: Coastal Delaware Running Festival
I honestly had no idea that Delaware was so beautiful. I’m probably biased since I grew up in Chicago, but whenever I think about Delaware, colonial towns and historic buildings and monuments are pretty much the only things that come to mind.…