Rock n Runner

Below is the training plan that I hope will get me to the starting line, and prepare me to finish, my first 100 mile race.  It’s a plan tha...

“Two roads diverged in a yellow wood, and sorry I could not travel both and be one traveler …” In stark contrast to my Recent Training sess...

As I previously wrote HERE , it’s great to have running friends who are just as nuts as you are. So when you decide to jump aboard the “craz...

I've been running for 16 years now and, for all but the first two years, I've kept a running log to track each and every one of my ...

Last Fall, I became aware of a remarkable young man named Sam Berns .  Sam was a junior at Foxboro High School, loved Legos, loved play...

The first stop on my 2014 Ultra Tour was the GAC Fat Ass 50k at Bradley Palmer State Park in Topsfield, MA.  This race was originally ...

Running Through the Woods on a Snowy Evening* Whose woods these are, I think I know His condo’s in the village though He will not see...

For a taste of some real writing, here's an excerpt from one of my all-time favorites.  Nobody did it better than Papa Hemingway! ...

I started 2013 off with the rather ambitious goal of setting road PR’s for every distance from the mile to the marathon. However, an ear...

In the sport of marathon running, the term “Hitting the Wall” refers to a point in the 26.2 mile race where a runner suffers from a depl...

December 21st, five years ago today The earth did have its darkest day The winter solstice marked the time A brightest light was...

Quack! 1996, The New England branch of USA Track & Field started a challenging race series called the “Mountain Circuit”. T he ...