If you ever get the feeling that running or joggling a marathon is no big deal, forget it.  As this unfortunate story (and many like it) shows, for some people it can be downright deadly.  It just goes to show…

The weekend in Chicago was brutally hot. I went out for relatively long runs on both Saturday and Sunday mornings and it was tough. On Saturday, at 8:30 am the temperature was over 90F and by 10:00 am when I…

I suck.  The last couple of days I haven't had any time to run.  I skipped running / joggling on Wednesday, Thursday, and only did a wimpy 1.2 miles on Friday.  It's tough keeping a busy social life, holding down…

My excellent wife went to Cosco on Saturday and was thoughtful enough to bring home 2.75 pounds of blueberries. At Cosco you can only buy really huge amounts of food. Now, I love blue berries. Back in high school I…

Today was a speed training day. Using my techniques for remembering runs I come up with the following phrase...Cosco Lice. I picture in my mind an oversized Lice on a treadmill running with a Cosco store on it's back. That…

Here's how my joggling has gone over the last few days. Friday - rest day. I should've run here because I skipped running last Wednesday. However, I opted for a rousing game of volleyball instead. I'll call it cross training.…

To get faster you have to run faster. Thus today was a fast day. My joggling training went like this. 10 minutes of joggling on the treadmill at 7.8 pace 4 x 0.5 miles running at an 11.3 pace. After…

I've been having a pretty good joggling training week right up until today. That is not saying much as this is Wednesday, the third day of the week by my count. But I try to stay positive so let's review.…

When I came back from running the other day, I felt a sharp pain when I took off my shirt. It turns out that I experienced a terrible amount of chafing on my nipples. The troubles of a marathon joggler…

The heat wave here in Chicago is killing me. Yesterday my schedule called for a 17 miler. I finished about 10 miles. Here are my excuses for doing less than I was supposed to. 1. Heat. Can you say 95…