The Ex-Fortysomething Obsessed Runner: 48 Hour PF??
I’ve heard of the “24 hour flu” before, but a couple of weeks ago, I had a weird 48 hour case of plantar fasciitis. I had…
The Ex-Fortysomething Runner: A Tale of Two Cities (running in Taipei and Victoria, Canada)
It was the best of times, and it was the worst of times… Well, not exactly, but the two places that I visited over the summer did offer…
The Obsessed Ex-Fortysomething Runner: Brown eyes, SAD, and “reverse” SAD
The other day, I came across this article about a research paper that found a correlation between brown eyes and seasonal affective…
The Obsessed Ex-Fortysomething Runner: Running, Ultimate, and sport specifity
It’s hard to believe, but I used to hate running. I managed to stay fit in law school thanks to Ultimate, which, like soccer and…
The Obsessed Ex-Fortysomething Runner: My Running Nightmare
You know that common nightmare of waking up on the day of a college final exam after it’s already started? I don’t get that…
The Obsessed ex-Fortysomething Runner: Discretion, valor, and running
This is a common saying among runners, and of course, the general sentiment is a good one. It doesn’t happen to me very often, but there…
The Obsessed Fortysomething Runner: My last Fortysomething post
This is my last Obsessed Fortysomething Runner post. No, I’m not quitting running. And no, I’m not leaving Run Oregon. I’m…
The Obsessed Fortysomething Runner: Pokemon Go and running
“Daddy, are you going running today?” asked my son with excitement. Was it that he wanted to go running with me? Nope. You see, he…
The Obsessed Fortysomething Runner: Do you “eat to run,” “run to eat,” or neither?
I got into running five years ago for the typical reasons: losing weight and getting fit. (It was kind of embarrassing to realize that my…
The Obsessed Fortysomething Runner: Injury poll
Since I started running at the beginning of 2011, I haven’t gone more than 10 days without running, until now. My last run was the…