I never became a runner by choice. I became a runner out of necessity. I was extremely overweight, and made the decision to have weight loss surgery to save my life. As such, I needed to take my life in an entirely new direction. I couldn’t get much further from the “fat” me than to [...]

Today I completed a marathon With thousands of others out there on the run It’s been a long time since I’ve done this And I’ve forgotten that its so much fun On the first mile I pondered the cosmos How the world we live in came to be By mile 2 I’d moved on to [...]

Today someone called me a runner I wish you’d have seen the looks All because since my summer races I replaced all my Nikes with Brooks I haven’t bought dress socks in ages I have compression socks in a wide range of colors My year doesn’t have 4 seasons, only two There’s race season and [...]

I love a good challenge. Sometimes those challenges are external in nature, others come from within. My last post was about my friend Emma and our friendly little rivalry surrounding which of us could run a faster 5K. I hadn’t run consistently in months, the victim of work, graduate school and the invariable Honey-do list. [...]

Wow it has been quite some time since I last took the time to post. First off I want to apologize. I’m sorry that I haven’t posted more recently. I’m sorry I haven’t run more recently. I’m sorry I have not been following through on more things of my life that make me happy. The [...]

I just wanted to post a quick hello to everyone and apologize for my absence on the blogs. I still read them quite religiously, but have had little to no time to post. Between work, school (I am working on completing my MBA), training and my wife’s pregnancy (Which makes it my pregnancy), I have [...]

I’ve decided I’m too smart for my own good. Those of you who have met me may be saying to yourself: “Mike is a lot of things, but too smart isn’t one of them.” Well I am here to tell you, you are right AND you are wrong. When I started to run, it was [...]

One of my favorite things to do is meet other runners or endurance athletes. They get me. They understand the crazy urges that I get when I see an ad for an upcoming race. They know what it is like to be exhausted, mentally and physically, to have every inch of your body be tired [...]

When my wife and I look at my before and after photos from gastric bypass surgery, I always ask her the same question: “What the hell were you thinking?” It’s a funny question. Sure. But the truth is, as more time passes even she has struggled to come up with an answer more forgiving than: [...]

I’m a 250lb, 29 year old man. I’m a big guy and by years end I will reach 30 years old, thrusting me into a whole new age group full of people who really know how to crank up the pace. So far I have enjoyed my time in the 20-29 age group, or 25-29 [...]

If you are reading this blog, you are a part of a group. Someone you know made you aware of this site, these blogs and these…people. When I started running I was a loner. Lace up my shoes, walk out the front door, crank up the iPod and trudge my way for 30 minutes to [...]