Alan's Stuff

It happened again. I was chatting with a guy at a party, and he bemoaned the fact that he can't run anymore, due to a couple of compressed disks in his back.  He said the only way he was able to run as long as he did, in to his old age, was because he used heel...

This morning my phone said it was 16 degrees.  Running in to the headwind it felt like 16 degrees with a headwind.  When I turned to run with the wind, I was much more comfortable.  I don't buy in to the idea of wind chill that says any particular...

If you are going to be out there pounding the roads for 45 minutes, it's important for you to find something to do.  Otherwise, you will just be tortured by daemons and haunted by the thoughts of all your past mistakes and failures.  The common ways to...

Ten or twelve years ago I developed severe running pain in my lower calfs.  During my runs, a slow burn would develop, and I would sometimes need to walk because the pain was too much.  It felt like some deep down layers of ligaments were torn or damaged....

Color Me RAD.  Before the color.

Here are my all time favorite running videos, tonight.  The first two are long, like movies. Badwater.  Two hours of shaky cam  but a good running film despite irritating characters.  Worth the two hours. The Spirit of the Marathon.  Find this...

This is a pleasant little run with some nice scenery and a challenging hill at the beginning.  It's also possible to extend or reduce the mileage in many ways.  The one I show is about 4.7 miles. Park at the Hempfield Rec Center.  Head left out of the...

My youngest son and I did the Bucks County Half Marathon this morning.  He is 25 and I am 54, and we each finished 9th in our age groups!  I highly recommend this race.  Lots of water stops.  Great food after the race.  Nice IT by Mid Atlantic...

At night I run with a headlight up front and a flashing red light in the back.

This is a nice country route near Landisville.  Not extremely hilly, but it does dip steeply in to some creek bottoms. Get to it by parking at the Hempfield Rec Center.  I don't know if the rec center's bathrooms are available, but it would be worth a try....