Uh-oh! Fitness!!! Fitness!!! Come back!!! Where did you disappear to??? Fitness!!! “Excuse me sir, have you seen my fitness? I’m agonizing over my lost friend and the suffering is nearly unbearable.” “Can you help me find my fitness?” Unfortunately, these thoughts plagued me during my first running “workout” since my return from a six-week injury-related hiatus.Read more
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Written by Marshall Phares I have had several opportunities to travel for work and explore new cities (and towns) on the run over the past few years. During the past year, I’ve made tracks through Chicago suburbs, Portland and Flagstaff dirt trails, small-town Indiana and the burgeoning metropolis of Manhattan. When exploring a new area,Read more
Written by Marshall Phares Two weeks ago I ran a marathon. Since then, I have not run a step. That is correct, I am voluntarily taking fourteen days (or 336 hours, not that I’m counting) off from running. For the past two weeks, I have had minimal exercise, eaten poorly, and worked long hours. Yes,Read more
Written by Marshall Phares (Far right in photo pacing the Leadville 100) A little over a year ago, I moved to St. Louis because of my running group. Not for a job. Not for Ted Drewes Frozen Custard. And no, not even for Cardinals baseball. At the age of twenty-four, I moved to St. LouisRead more
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