As the old advice goes, always have something to look forward to. Or maybe I just made that up. Either way, I try to follow it. Which means doing new stuff or reaching new milestones. So what’s new with RBT as the old year comes thankfully to an end? Many things. Here’s the latest and …
Tag: Running
God Bless Less Stress
So this year’s Thanksgiving weekend has come and gone. It was quiet in our house. For the first time ever, I think, it was just my wife and me having dinner together. And you know, it wasn’t all bad. As fun as the big family holiday dinners are, they can include a lot of stress. …
Truth, or Trail Lore?
As a trail and ultra runner I've had my share of unusual experiences, and heard a bunch more, because we love to share our stories. And I suspect that we fall prey to Fisherman Syndrome - the temptation to stretch the story a little each time. The hills keep getting a little higher, the creeks …
The Long and the Short of Running
A couple Januarys ago I had breakfast with my running coach, going over my planned race schedule. It would follow a pattern I’d established, of a target race in late May or June (100-miler or more), with shorter ultras in the spring to leapfrog up to it. So we mapped out a 50K and a …
RUN COFFEE WRITE 