1. Galen Rupp ran 5000 meters in 13:01.26! 2. Chicago Marathon switching to lottery system 3. Runblogger reader survey: Top trail shoes of 2013 4. And here is Runblogger’s reader survey: Top Road shoes of 2013 5. This is me on early morning runs

1. What ultras do to the body 2. This is funny, and sounds like a lot of us (except the dog food thing. yuck!) 3. A Boston Celtics Asst. Coach will run Boston for charity 4. Rethinking when to use an ice bath 5. Rethinking common assumptions about run training

  1. Basics of base-building 2. Why Sean Astin (Rudy, Samwise) loves running Disney races 3. Steve Magness gives us his top 9 through-provoking books of 2013 4. Interesting trends with running shoe sales figures 5. The secret trick to running growth and speed: there are no secrets

1. Find your lactate threshold by talking 2. Disney Marathon winner 3. Mom and daughter she gave up for adoption reunite at WDW marathon weekend 4. Disney Half marathon winners 5. The Case for Disney Race insurance

  1. Kara Goucher looking to leave Nike (interesting about Nike’s outside endorsement policy) 2. How to run for a lifetime 3. What one runner does to take on a running commute to work 4. I think anyone who has run more than one marathon can relate to this. 5. Treating and strengthening the piriformis

1. How to keep hands and feet warm while winter running 2. Are we running out of ways to run marathons? 3. Tips to master winter running 4. This guy makes me want to write more, and maybe do more run journaling 5. Experience matters

Sorry for no post yesterday, sub-zero wind chill in Alabama gave me a frozen pipe No major damage, just a tiny crack in the solder where the pipe meets a coupling.  But I spent the day under my house with a space heater and hair dryer.  In other news, I conquered my extreme fear of…

1. The ins-and-outs of pro runner sponsorship: Nick Symmonds explains 2. General suspicion of world records 3. Mix up your training in 2014 4. I agree with this. If you don’t care to take the time to explain the “why” of your training program, then get away from me 5. Does perceived effort originate in…

Took a holiday break from posting.  Back to normal now! 1. Silver Medalist Nick Symmonds parts with Nike, signs with Brooks–what it means 2. This couple (who happen to be Vegan) ran a marathon every day last year 3. Runners World has five wishes for the marathon this year 4. I’d watch this 5. Beautiful…

Have a Holly Jolly Christmas! 1. Army chaplain beats cancer, runs a marathon 2. Indianapolis Monumental Marathon donates hats to kids 3. Thinking while running 4. Death Valley National park suspends races in the park 5. Pam Smith reports on her world record race time