Posts Tagged ‘interview’

Hot and humid…perfect if I was training for Badwater!

Just felt like stating the obvious, but it’s been VERY hot and humid these past few days in southeastern Connecticut. I went for a 5+ mile trail run on Monday at 9 AM and it already felt like I was running in the jungle. I’m hoping the temperature will drop a little bit, as I [...]

One week until the Fairfield Half-Marathon

Not only has the wedding planning and new house improvements distracted me from blogging, but it also caused me to forget (until very recently that is) that my second half-marathon for the year is next weekend! On June 27th I’ll be running the Stratton Faxon Fairfield Half-Marathon for the second time (ran it last year [...]

Running links galore

The links have been piling up rapidly these days, so I felt the need to devote an entire post to them for your entertainment… Doctors hate you [Barefoot Josh] – In Josh’s latest rant, he makes a great argument against doctors who recommend people run on grass if they choose to run barefoot. Completing the [...]

Less than two weeks until Bimbler’s Bash!

With less than two weeks until my first trail race, I noticed that they’ve even updated the website with the list of registered participants. It’s not Western States or anything, but this is the first time I can remember that I’ve been listed on a race website, which seems pretty cool. I’ll be running this [...]

Is marathon training actually BAD for your heart?

Now that my PT tendon seems to have healed itself (for now at least!) and the first race of the season is in the books, it’s time to get back to my regular routine. In terms of bloggin, this means listing the interesting websites I’ve found over the past week or so, starting with a [...]

Question and answer with Scott Jurek and Christopher McDougall

Yesterday I came across an interesting tweet from @brooksrunning, linking to a question and answer session that champion ultra-marathoner Scott Jurek and best-selling author Christopher McDougall did with the Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine. They cover a wide array of topics in the session, including nutrition and eating habits, whether distance running is fundamentally bad [...]

Summary of an interview with ultra-marathoner Scott Jurek

While looking around the internets, I found this message board post on RunnersWorld.com, where Jason Robillard (Last Place Jason) of Barefoot Chronicles got a chance to interview Scott Jurek. In case you weren’t aware, Scott Jurek is one of the greatest ultra-marathon runners of all time and has won many of these insane races. Robbillard [...]