Runners like to train 100 miles per week because it's a round number. But I think 88 is a lot rounder..

There's no such thing as a bad carbohydrate..

You entered a marathon with hills? You idiot..

No doubt a brain and some shoes are essential for marathon success, although if it comes down to a choice, pick the shoes. More people finish maratho….

Train at the same pace day after day, week after week, year after year, and that's the kind of running the body adapts to. But break out of that comf….

So here's my advice to city planners. Make your city runnable. Runners are the first wave of troops bringing human activity back to the urban core of….

The key to running a good marathon is to not listen to anyone's advice the last week before the race. That's when people tend to do stupid things tha….

A good teammate is someone willing to get outside of personal thoughts and emotions, a friend who tries to understand, appreciate, and encourage othe….

Avoid any diet that discourages the use of hot fudge..

Without ice cream there would be darkness and chaos..

If you run 100 miles a week, you can eat anything you want - Why? Because (a) you'll burn all the calories you consume, (b) you deserve it, and (c) y….

In those long, lonely miles you put in during the off-season, and in those knife-in-the-gut repetitions and hill repeats that buckly your knees - at ….

Coaches know that a parent publicly scolding his kid after a race will not help the athlete perform better..

We (ultra runners) alternate between depression and stupidity..

Prior to the 1976 Olympics, I was a 5,000m runner..

Grizzly bears eat people without the benefit of music..

Eventually, competition and adventure wane, and I enter my ibuprofen phase. Tweaky hamstrings and achy knees restrict mileage, but I continue running….

I know runners who have suffered a tick bite and ended up with Lyme disease. Ill take an angry moose any day..