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Running and drumming are two things that I am very passionate about and they feed off of each other.

Drumming is physical and running is rhythmic. In this blog, I explore the connection between the two.

When Running Goals Become Just Running

It's a strange thing when a previous goal becomes simply a stepping stone towards another, bigger goal. For over a year, my running goals...

Grinding Out Marathon Training With Accountability

As the first two months of 2016 march swiftly on, I've started to feel nagging anxiety about my goal to complete a marathon this year. I...

Run and Drum's Second New Year Post!

Last year was the first time I was pretty amped for the New Year, even still I was a bit curmudgeonly when it came to New Year's...

What The Hell Was I Thinking Signing Up For This Race?

Last night, I registered for the Thanksgiving half marathon in Atlanta and after a gut wrenching $90 transaction, I was left asking, what...

Record Setting Month

April was a pretty big running month for me. I accomplished one of my big three running goals that I set out last year when I ran my...

My First Half Marathon and My Fiftieth Post!

I'm pretty stoked today because this is my fiftieth post on Run and Drum! It's also exciting because I ran my first half marathon this...

Training Taper

My first half marathon is this Sunday so I'm having the feeling like I'm walking into class on the day of an exam because if I'm not...

Driven and Determined Or Maybe Just Stubborn?

That really is a question I have to ask of myself frequently, but I figure if I do something productive with it then the ends justify the...

Two PRs In A Week

This past week has been a pretty intense stretch of training. I actually ended up hitting personal records twice this week for pace and...

More Progress, No Problems.

For some reason, I'll periodically hit stretches of time where I make a lot of progress in distance, time, or both on my runs. I had...

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