Tag Archives: plantar

What my butt can tell you about saving your ass

Posted on January 10, 2013 by

Well, wouldn’t you just know that one of the blog posts I wrote earlier this year would come back to…uh, bite me in the ass. Late last year in The Sunday Read, I hopelessly ridiculed wrote about a HuffPo article that identified … Continue reading →

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Plantar, Where to Run in Moncton, and trail runners: my most recent articles in the latest issue of Canadian Running

Posted on January 1, 2013 by

Most of you know me as the ubiquitous blogger or that “damn guy is clogging up my news feed with his egotistic crap again.” But wait: I write other egotistic stuff elsewhere! Aren’t you lucky. Since the first issue of … Continue reading →

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Run happy: In which I absorb a lesson from Matt Fitzgerald

Posted on April 24, 2012 by

The blog’s been pretty serious lately, full of lots of weighty subjects: news and more news. But I know what’s really been on everyone’s minds. You’ve all been wondering, just how the heck is that blogging guy’s plantar anyway? I … Continue reading →

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I killed it like Ryan Hall

Posted on March 30, 2012 by

Everyone following this blog knows I have a fascination with my left foot (hey, there might be a movie in that, say, starring Daniel Day-Lewis). Oh, the foot thing is nothing weird, unsavory or unhealthy.  This isn’t that kind of … Continue reading →

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The whining runner

Posted on March 29, 2012 by

I’ve been thinking of rebranding myself from Sub-three to  -wait for it – the whining runner. We all know one. Besides it could be kind of fun. I could lag just behind you on runs and moan things like, “Are … Continue reading →

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Failure is not a word in your vocabulary

Posted on March 22, 2012 by

The two sets of letters runners dread the most must be DNS and DNF. I’ve done both and I’m about to do one again. I qualified for Boston last year at a poorly run marathon in Eastern Canada. It was … Continue reading →

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Relative progress

Posted on March 1, 2012 by

I’ve made progress, but it’s relative to my original stated goal. Last night I was able to run. Period. Oh, it wasn’t anything fantastic, just 10 kilometres on the treadmill. But after Sunday’s run and subsequent pain I was grateful … Continue reading →

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“We don’t need smarter shoes; we need smarter feet.”

Posted on February 19, 2012 by

In the interim, I know you’ve been wondering: What about your quest for that sub-three marathon time? Well, okay…I know the thought never crossed your mind once. But I’ll tell you anyway. The ironies continue to pile up faster than … Continue reading →

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Run from hell

Posted on February 16, 2012 by

It’s sort of semi-hilarious, semi-tragic to kick off a blog predicated on the idea of attempting a sub-three marathon with a post titled the Run from Hell. But I can’t describe today’s…uh, “easy” run any other way. Before I return … Continue reading →

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