Like Anything Else, Running Takes Consistent Practice.In the past couple weeks, I slowly came to the tough realization that I'm not in the same running shape as I was back in April. Looking...
A Bit of Catch Up and Starting Marathon TrainingCatching Up: The Bear Hill Climb Almost a month ago, I ran The Bear race, a 5 mile run up part of Grandfather Mountain. If you've even...
New PR To Start Tapering PhaseI'm not sure if it was taking some time off of doing hard workouts, waiting until the temperature wasn't utterly oppressive, relaxing...
Building A New Morning Routine - Part 3: MeditatingI've been posting recently about my new morning routine that I'm experimenting with. The first facet I dug into was my endeavor into...
What I Learned From Running UnpluggedIt's rough to have a goal for a training run and not make it. I've certainly had my share of off days, but usually it was kind of a one...
Building A New Morning Routine - Part 2: JournalingLast week, I posted about building a new morning routine. In contrast to previous attempts I had made at the endeavor of crafting an...
Some Obvious Advice I Relearned The Hard WayHitting the proverbial wall when running is never a fun thing. Quite the opposite of that, in fact. I'm not entirely sure why, but...
Building A New Morning RoutineLast week, I began experimenting with a new morning routine. Some of you may recall earlier Run and Drum posts that were kind of...
Run and Drum Gear Review: Gold Bond Friction DefenseTaking steps to prevent chafing sounds kind of silly if it's something you've never had to do. Once it happens though, it's a concern...
Breaking A Slump With A Running Schedule, Of All Things.For months, I had a clear goal in mind for what I wanted to do with running: I was training for a half marathon. It was pretty cut and...