In 2015 I said I might be back for this race, and sure enough, I did return. Overall the race was the same except for a couple differences. One is that the course changed slightly from last year so that now the runners run through an Amish farm! That happens towards the end of the race, and that was very cool. The other key difference was the weather. Last year
July 30th, 2016
How to Survive Marathon Training
First off, I am someone that did not always like running. In fact, during baseball and soccer practices in high school, I always dreaded the “run some laps” part and was always happy when we didn’t have to. So to think I would become a dedicated runner (for about 5 years now) and eventually run two marathons would be crazy. Never say never is all I can tell you. Having
May 21st, 2016
Frederick Running Festival – Review
After taking more of an off-season than I’ve done previously, I was feeling like May would be the earliest I’d be ready for a race. My mileage was way down during January – March 2016, with April being a 100+ mile month. So feeling slightly less than ready for a race, I ventured out Mother’s Day weekend (oops, didn’t realize that when I signed up!) to Frederick, MD, just about
April 14th, 2016
Latest Medium Post – 4/15/2016
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April 14th, 2016
Connecting the Dots — Siamese Fighting Fish, Llamas, Life Insurance, and Science
(Note: Originally posted on Medium.com. From now on, Medium posts will eventually be provided here with a link to the Medium article. Follow me on Medium to see article as soon as it’s published…link is below to follow me). One of the best commencement speeches I’ve ever watched on You Tube was Steve Jobs’ speech at Stanford. In it, he talks about “connecting the dots” of your past, and it
April 14th, 2016
What is LivestockCity? Everything I Wanted and More
(Note: Originally posted on Medium.com) Just a couple days ago my team and I launched our startup, LivestockCity. This has been a work in progress for well over 3 years, so it was awesome to finally see it go live. I have written on Medium before about why it took so long to launch and some of the mistakes we made along the way. But why did we make this
February 13th, 2016
Overcoming the Mentor Barriers In Running
Running is as much of a mental game as it is a physical one. If you are not trained mentally as well as physically for a race or event, you might be in trouble. Our minds can fool us into thinking we are getting tired, we are not running that fast, there’s a pain developing in our leg, we need to stop and walk, we need to slow down, we
February 13th, 2016
Let’s Try Again…..Starting to Run (For Real This Time)
(Originally Posted on Medium.Com) Okay, so my title has two meanings. The first is that my last article talked more about running consistently but less about how to begin running, so I am trying to supplement that article since it’s title was misleading (just a little). The second meaning is because many of us have vowed to begin running either fail to keep going or keep putting it off (maybe
January 18th, 2016
How to Start Running and Stick With It.
(Originally published 1/18/16 on Medium.com) How to Start Running and Stick With It. For many, this is the time of year to make New Year Resolutions, and for many, this will only last for a few weeks or maybe 2 months tops. Whatever the reason, if running consistently in 2016 is one of your goals, I commend you for such a goal. I have some advice to help you
December 11th, 2015
Why you don’t want “Easy”
“Nothing in the world is worth having or worth doing unless it means effort, pain, difficulty… I have never in my life envied a human being who led an easy life. I have envied a great many people who led difficult lives and led them well.” — Theodore Roosevelt Learn the hard things. Do the hard things. Why? Because many people do not want to. The harder things are to do, the