running

Follow Your Body and Pace, Not Your Garmin

Not from Garmin, but a buddy, with whom I ran my first marathon. After a couple of marathons, I now know more than ever what he meant....

Oct 22, 20153 min read

[I wrote a week ago, on the even of Steamtown Marathon 2015, Saturday, October 10] I recently re thecatchmeifyoucan.com, the blogger...

Oct 18, 20152 min read

In academia, we know the common saying, ˆPublish or Perish”. So real that tenure-track aspirants spend their maiden post-PhD years...

Apr 3, 20153 min read

It is here….and….It is Official! April is All the Kool Kids Month! Go Figure! Sorry y’all who don’t fit the profile! I know the, “Damn!...

Apr 1, 20153 min read

Here we go running I am feeling rather anxious, as I get into the “Taper Period” before D-Day, Monday, April 20. I am talking about...

Mar 13, 20153 min read

To quote Ulysses S. Grant, “Everyone has his superstitions. One of mine has always been when I started to go anywhere, or to do anything,...

Mar 4, 20153 min read

Last week, I run a total of 56.7 miles, over six days, in an average of single digit weather. The weather last week was terrible with...

Feb 27, 20153 min read

As someone who has tried my hands at both, I must admit that fundraising takes the same zeal as training to run a marathon. When you are...

Feb 19, 20154 min read

I am a runner, who tends to stick to a schedule, mental or written. Guilt engulfs me each time I do not run as scheduled [again mental or...

Feb 9, 20152 min read