Alan's Stuff

Here's a new concept in a friendly little article from Kelly Leighton about runger.

If you are looking for races in Pennsylvania, New Jersey, Delaware and Maryland, you should sign up for the newsletter at Pretzel City Sports.  They keep a good calender.

This is one of my favorite runs these days:  Lancaster Junction Trail and Auction Road.Start from the trail head, which is the Salunga Park and Ride, near Spooky Nook Sports.  There is a public restroom there, but only open during the summer.Head down the...

I went jogging on the Enola Low Grade Trail today.  It's a 30 mile long trail that have never explored.  I was on the western most end under the Turkey Hill Windmills.  I started at the Orange arrow and went out about two and a half miles, then back....

I think I broke my YakTrax today.  20 degrees F.  Snowing.

 We had a polar vortex here in the East, and now the thaw has begun.  Yesterday brought cold constant rain.  But it was a welcome distraction. Drying the shoes.

This article from The Art of Manliness has some good common sense advice. Strength training. Vary your routine. Recover.

If exercise was medicine, it would be a very expensive prescription, because it has such fantastic benefits.  Read this.  And take your...

Yesterday was below 10 F, and snow covered. I wore multiple everything, and Yaktrax to grip.

Here's the quintessential graphic novel that explains why we run.  Click in!  It's like six pages long.  Enjoy! The Oatmeal.

I started this blog on January 1, 2014.  In a strange freak of nature, the temperature in south central PA plummeted the next day, and a snow storm started blowing through.  Tomorrow morning it will be 11 degrees, and five inches of snow on the ground....