I've been playing on my current drum kit for 10 years now. In that time, I've broken more drum sticks than I care to remember, worn out numerous sets of drum heads, split several knuckles, and - most painfully - cracked a few cymbals. All of which is pretty standard fare for drumming. Granted, I probably played on all of those listed items longer than I should have after their integrity was compromised, but hey, cymbals aren't cheap and I've only got the one set of knuckl

The race medal is an almost ubiquitous part of running races these days. Don't get me wrong, I love my hardware collection, but there's something about medals that doesn't quite satisfy me. Medals are a signal that you reached the end of the course or came in a certain place at the end of the race, both of which are great! There's a feeling that comes with the piece of molded metal hanging around your neck after you're done running, which is also great, but it's only part o

All three venues were humming with people. This was my first time going to a show in one of the parts of the complex that includes Center Stage, Vinyl, and The Loft - the latter being our destination for the night – and it was clearly a lively Saturday night in Atlanta with shows going on at all three spots. Winding up the stairs that give truth to the name of The Loft, my girlfriend and I pass through the ticket booth with the scrawled words on the light up board “The Dear

The weather is starting to turn from pleasant warmth to a crisp coolness, indicative that fall is progressing swiftly. I ran an 8 miler recently in about 55 degree weather and it was a sensation I'm totally not used to anymore. Rather than feeling like I'm drowning in the humidity of a south-east summer, this was a feeling of excitement. Somewhere between half a mile and a mile into my runs, I start hitting my stride. This first cool weather run of the season was no except

I started into a marathon training program a couple months ago after I wrapped up The Bear for the year and had a little rest time. A few weeks into the marathon program, I started charting out my race calendar for the upcoming several months and realized I needed to make some adjustments. I knew that I definitely wanted to run the Thanksgiving half marathon in Atlanta and I had started planning to do my first full marathon with the Rock 'n' Roll series in Raleigh since I ha

I've been thinking about writing this post for a couple weeks now and trying to make sure that I construct it the way that I want to, because it's around one of the direct intersections of running and drumming and the effect on both is significant. Both activities involve repetitive movements of the arms and legs that are can cause some strain on odd parts of the body. The impact that legs absorb in running can be pretty monstrous as mileage starts clicking up and the seate