by John | Feb 19, 2014 | Race Reports
Feb 15th, 2014 I promise not to be the guy who writes a race report after every race he runs…but since I’ve got the microphone… Also, I realize on its surface, a race report about an ultramarathon probably seems totally unrelatable and perhaps...
by John | Feb 17, 2014 | Back to Fitness, The Balance
Every Wednesday at 5:04 a.m., my alarm clock goes off, typically blaring some obnoxiously rockin’ song on the radio – Here I am! Rock you like a hurricane! And every Wednesday at 5:04 a.m. I groan and start debating the million reasons I should really just stay in bed...
by John | Feb 17, 2014 | Back to Fitness, Nutrition, Running, Weight Loss
A friend asked me in the store last week, “How do you run to burn fat?” This was actually a great question, with a very specific answer that may not be what you think. I would like to start by saying there will always be endless debate on the best ways to exercise,...
by John | Feb 17, 2014 | Back to Fitness, Nutrition, Weight Loss
How Sugar Is Making Us Fat One of the main reasons we adults exercise is to keep trim or lose weight. It seems the natural progression of life is for it to be easier and easier to gain fat as we get older! With the ever-increasing busyness of life, how can we find...
by John | Feb 17, 2014 | Back to Fitness, Nutrition, Weight Loss
In the 2011 book Born to Run, Christopher McDougall profiled the Tarahumara Indians from Mexico’s secluded Copper Canyons. The Tarahumara are an incredible culture of endurance runners living a very simple and primitive life. Some may call their culture “undeveloped”;...
