The Pain Cave

The running community has its own phrases that get passed around. My favorite is “the pain cave.” This is the place you go to in your mind when you are running farther than you body or mind want you to. Mile 32 on a 50 mile run for example. That long up hill stretch on […]

The Art of Doing What Sucks

430am. Wind has picked up. Cold rain coming down. I am supposed to do my body weight training program this morning. This is really going to suck. So how do I prevent myself from blowing it off this morning? First Strategy: Do not think, just do. If you give yourself anytime to think, your primal […]