From the category archives:

Inspiration

Put Your Setbacks in Perspective

April 26, 2010

Amy Palmiero-Winters

A quick post today, not a real post but what I might call a ‘mini-post.’  Always a great source for material, Jake Rosen tweeted today about Amy Palmiero-Winters, who made history recently by becoming the first ever amputee to qualify for a U.S. national track and field team.
I owe everyone an update on my injured knee, [...]

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Getting Back to Your Roots

April 4, 2010

Happy Easter!
With a little more than two weeks elapsed since my last post I’ve accumulated a somewhat sizable list of items I want to write about, so I’ll try to keep this as focused as possible.
But I must be honest.  It has been a tough few weeks.  I have to keep reminding myself, as I [...]

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Our First Accolade! Running Buddy Named “Best of 2010”

March 18, 2010

Yesterday I received an e-mail that made my day.  Jake Rosen at Broken Hearted Runner contacted me to let me know that Running Buddy has been named to his list of “Best Running Blogs in the Blogosphere.”  Though broken hearts are painful (this I know), the title of Jake’s blog comes from a broken heart [...]

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Taking Your Own Advice

March 10, 2010

Sometimes the most important advice you can take is your very own.
Part of the reason I took such a long break from the blog before Sunday was that I just wasn’t “feeling it.”  Several other distractions had intervened in my life over the past few months, with my knee injury serving as a major catalyst [...]

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When You Can’t Run, Write

December 12, 2009

If you’ve been following Running Buddy over the past few weeks you know that I’ve battled a knee injury since April and have been pursuing a recovery that has kept me out of commission entirely since the beginning of November.  This has been hard on me because I’m usually at my best as a person [...]

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Some Thoughts on Tiger Woods, and Other Idols

December 10, 2009

For many obvious reasons, Tiger Woods is all over the news right now.  What is unfortunate, I think, is that the salacious nature of the unfolding story is masking a broader lesson here that few people are bothering to consider.
One of the dangers of putting all of your hopes and dreams into the hands of [...]

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Next Year I’ll Win the $10,000, I Promise

December 8, 2009

Trail Heads, the trail running blog over at Runner’s World, has a post today about the North Face Endurance Challenge Championships, held this past Saturday in the Headlands.
This past weekend saw over 1,000 trail runners pushing their limits in championship races, and a small handful of those runners winning large paychecks for their efforts.
The North [...]

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Baby, It’s Cold Outside! 6 Tips for Cold Weather Running

December 7, 2009

A request from Running Buddy reader KN came in this week:
“You need to talk about running when it is cold out.  Once the warm days are done I have a problem going outside and running.  I don’t like not being able to sweat and getting all itchy…..”
On the occasion of the coldest day this winter [...]

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