When I look back on Summer racing of 2014, I will remember two things: a fun and successful string of road races, and enduring a lot of pain! Since I last blogged, I continued my binge of 10kish distance races with Bolder Boulder 10k:…

This last month of racing has been a fun and successful stretch… after the 10 miler I stepped it down for a couple competitive efforts in road miles. The short races set me up well for my fastest season opener and 3rd place in…

By, Ryan Hall This clip, http://youtu.be/p3JPa2mvSQ4, basically sums up the last season of training for me, and yes Bob, baby steps really do work.  Less than 5 months ago I wasn’t able to run at all, and then was able to run but still with…

Directly after my race at the Mountain to Fountain 15k, I drove the dogs out to their grandparents in Big Bear Lake and met up with Ryan in LA to fly to Ethiopia for a 3 week training stint (4 weeks for Ryan) at…

Recently I was taking the “Strengths Finder 2.0” personality test and (go figure) my #1 strength came out to be “achiever”.   I smiled as I read their descriptions of people like me: “You have an internal fire burning inside you. It pushes you to…