Reading Time: 4 minutes Last Friday my training schedule called for me to run 9 miles (14.5 km) for my long run. I only ran 6.25 miles (10 km). I’m no rookie when it comes to training for half marathons. In about 7 weeks I will be running my 11th half marathon. I’m shooting for a Personal Best (PB) […]

Reading Time: 3 minutes Base miles, junk miles, filler miles, grinding miles – what’s the purpose of running base miles? Essentially base miles help you create and maintain aerobic conditioning and capacity. Aerobic conditioning and capacity is your ability to run for extended amounts of time and distance due to conditioning yourself by running more and more weekly miles. […]

Reading Time: 3 minutes I’ve been frequenting South Lake Tahoe, Nevada/California for over a decade now. Among those past ten years I usually only travel there to snowboard. Out of the past 10 years I’ve only been there in the Summer two times. This past recent trip I ran my first trail run in South Lake Tahoe. The trail […]

Reading Time: 4 minutes   Choosing your first trail When trail running you should start with easy well-groomed trails. It might be a good idea to walk the trail first before attempting to run the trail. By doing this you can mentally note any things that might cause you to trip up your run. You can look for downed […]

Reading Time: 3 minutes Who has ever heard the saying, “Pick your poison?” This phrase speaks louder than you think. Don’t worry I’m not an anti-alcohol, banging on pots and pans, monger. I recently wanted to lose weight and guess where I found my extra calories coming from….beer! Yeah, beer! I love and hate beer. I would love it […]