Travel is my Kryptonite—JOURNAL

It ruins all my normal habits and rhythms and tanks my productivity.

…but Running is Sunlight—JOURNAL

(Why yes, that is a riff on Superman.)

Adieu to 2019—JOURNAL

A year of rest and recovery, for which I’m profoundly grateful.

Wrapping Up 2020 and Starting 2021—JOURNAL

Goodbye, good riddance, won’t look back fondly on this one.

Miscellaneous Updates—JOURNAL

Or: it has been months since I wrote anything, so I’m scratching that itch.

2022 Colfax Half Marathon Plan—JOURNAL

Plotting my recovery from COVID-19 and my path to maybe, just maybe, managing another PR in May.

2021 End-of-Year Thoughts —JOURNAL

Another year behind, another reflection on what happened (and what didn’t!) in this latest circuit of the sun.

A quarter-of-the-year check-in——JOURNAL

2022 in Review: The Rest of life —JOURNAL

Less than I wanted of music, running, etc.; but some good things on the financial and spiritual fronts.

Product Idea: Meal Tracking for Athletes —JOURNAL

All of the existing tools need broader design vocabularies.

Feature Idea: Week-Level Smart Training Plans —JOURNAL

Training (at my level, anyway) is less about individual day-to-day work and more about what I do each week. The tools should support that!

Did Not Start—JOURNAL

A little bit of running history from 2011.

running / patience—LIBRARY

Extended Time Off Report—JOURNAL

What I got up to over the past month! Because I relax by learning and doing.

Just Keep Climbing—JOURNAL

Or: how to make progress.

2023 in Review: The Rest of Life—JOURNAL

Garmin Training Status – A Complaint—JOURNAL

The feature ends up being useless to me because it does not model my real-world training very well.

Race Report: 2024 Boulderthon Half Marathon —JOURNAL

In which I accidentally ran 16.2 miles instead of 13.1. Whoops.

I Won! 2024 Longview Half Marathon Race Report—JOURNAL

A brand new experience for me: finishing first in a race.

Foodnoms—JOURNAL

Actually consistently tracking my macros?!?

Mental State and Perceived Exertion—NOTES

Taking a run when stressed was fascinating.

Psychological Benefits of Cool-Downs—JOURNAL

Making the next run easier by changing the experience of this one.

TrainingPeaks Virtual and Garmin TacX NEO Bike—NOTES

This combo works but it’s easy to set it up wrong today.

2024 in Review—JOURNAL

A weird year—not a bad one, sometimes a great one, always a strange one.

Recovery Time as an Indicator of Fitness—NOTES

An experience report “from the field” as it were.

2025 Colfax Marathon Race Report—JOURNAL

I ran my first marathon today! It went great!

Five is the Floor—NOTES

And other hilarities about Garmin’s Body Battery feature.