I was looking through the Harvard Gazette News Archives (eh eh eh...aka surfing the internet and stumbled on) when I found an article that added supporting evidence to my theory that runners are pretty amazing (aka superior).  I know tha...

It's pissing rain outside on the eve of one of the best experiences one can have as a long distance runner. Unfortunately it hasn't been pissing enough. The WXC course, while tough, it's not all that muddy. The locals that I've been coaxing to get out ...

Four weeks to go... FOUR WEEKS!!! until the World Championship Cross Country race in Holyrood Park, Edinburgh, Scotland. The wind, the rain, the mud, and the hills. Ahhh. True cross country, where XC was born, some would say, and where it was meant to...

So, in three weeks the US team leaves for Scotland, in four weeks we run. For glory? maybe. I hope so. We've got a talented team going. Possibly one of the strongest in recent history. Is a medal an option, well, not out of the question. Sure it will b...

Hey peoples!

The last time that I wrote, you could tell that I am in the process of getting through a pretty nagging injury which has brought my season to a standstill more or less. I have some good news to report though! I have been working on my ca...

Are you scared of the dark in those inky swells beyond your mother-promised and carrot-granted night sight? Did your parents ever follow you in the car, headlights dimmed in the night, as you strode through fast repeats on your neighborhood loop? Do yo...

Thought I'd tell everyone a little about how it's going living in two places at once. Yeah, sounds confusing, and sometimes it really is but I can explain. I live in Bend, I have a house, a wife, and a dog. I also have a job...sort of. (I don't work mu...

So I'm convinced...sort of, but pretty confident anyway. I've switched over. I am now running barefoot. People look at me funny now...well, maybe not anymore than usually but now they say something. "What. Barefoot. You nuts." Not if you live i...