When I first found dailymile I had lost my running buddy to burnout. I had run four marathons and the Grand Canyon Rim to Rim with this guy. We did several runs a week together. I was bummed when he told me he was done for now. Who was I going to share my running obsession [...]

Let's start by defining a "pirate runner." There are two kinds of pirates. The first is a runner that runs in a race that they did not pay to enter and doesn't have a bib. A straight up scallywag! The second, slightly less devious, pirate is the individual that obtains a bib and runs in [...]

Last year I started training in more minimal shoes and shoes with lower heel to toe drop. I had run in Saucony Kinvaras, Saucony Fastwitch 4 and 5, New Balance MT 101, Pearl Izumi Streak II, Saucony Mirage, Saucony Shadow Genesis, Saucony Type A4, Saucony Hattori, Brooks ST-5 to name a few. After running a [...]

In early May while keeping up with general training, I suffered a calf injury. I couldn't run, even the elliptical seemed to put stress on the calf. I was distraught. In an effort to maintain my fitness level, I turned to the bike. At that time I had a hybrid bike, the Canondale Bad Boy. [...]

Call me trendy, but I like to think of it as having an open mind. I’m willing to try most things and when I saw a guest on the Daily Show a few years back, the now infamous Chris McDougall, my interest was piqued. I’m talking about barefoot running. Now it is very difficult to [...]

GORE-TEX® TransRockies™ Run 2010 Dean and Juda I had a great experience running the TransRockies™ Run last year.  It is the most amazing 115 mile, 6 day event you will ever get to run.  The views from the mountain tops are INSANE!  Check out below to see how you could have the running experience of [...]

dailymile has been my favorite place to log my training for the last three years.  It is basically a two man team with interns that have grown the site to its present level.  Pretty amazing job by Ben Weiner and Kelly Korevec.  To continue the growth of the site and it's capabilities the dailymile is [...]

I have made a conscience decision not to have advertising on this site.  Currently, there are no paid links or other ways I could monetize the site.  Who knows what the future holds but as of now everything you see on the site is here because I am interested in reviewing the product, event or [...]

  I wanted to love my new Nike Sports Watch GPS, I really did.  But after logging over 50 miles on it, I don’t.  I mean it’s ok, a solid C+(after the late May 2011 firmware update Ben rates the watch B+)… but it needs work to compete with the Garmin GPS watches that dominate [...]

One cannot fathom what it means to run the Boston Marathon unless you have the opportunity.   As a city Boston totally embraces the event.  You are in Marathonville U.S.A. The Arrival While on the plane traveling from Baltimore to Boston, there were people sitting all around me getting ready for the event.  People were all [...]