In economics, signaling is a way that one party conveys meaningful information to another party. Generally this is done because there is asymmetric information and the two parties cannot easily disseminate the information. The classic example is a college degree. A college degree in and of its self does not mean that [...]

I had an abysmal training week. Here is how it went down:
Monday = 7 Miles
Sunday = 8 Miles
I took Tuesday-Saturday off. Before Tuesday, I had a general feeling of malaise. My muscles were sore and I had a lot of hip pain, which is something I have never had before.
Well [...]

Today I had to retire my beloved
New Balance 902’s.
While on my 20 mile run last week, which was the death of the New Balance 902, I thought about the cost of the shoe and the depreciation of my asset. The New Balance 902 cost $100 and I ran 314 miles in them. [...]

Six weeks to go until the Lincoln Marathon. I have three more weeks of solid training, perhaps four. I’m still debating on the three week taper versus the two week taper.
Ok, so here is the breakdown of my training for the past week:
Monday = 5.5 Miles Easy
Tuesday = 7.1 Miles Easy
Wednesday = 8 Miles [...]

The Runnin’of the Green 7k was my first road race of 2008. My first test to see where my fitness level stood. Before the race I had set a goal of running six minute miles, anything faster than six minute miles would be icing on the cake. My training the last 4-5 [...]

I am a Chocolate Milk fiend. So when I heard that Chocolate Milk is as good as a recovery drink as Gatorade, et al. if not better, it was music to my ears.
Gatorade and Chocolate Milk both offer carbohydrates to help replace lost electrolytes, but the advantage of Chocolate Milk is the added benefit [...]

The only thing worst then the heat and humidity at
Grandma’s Marathon last year (2007) was
Ultima which was the sports drink served up on the course. Before I state my opinion, let’s see what the other marathon runners had to say, these quotes are pulled from Marathonguide.com.
However, Ultima does not work like [...]

People are afraid to try new things.
Now, watch me spin the tangent, and in the conclusion I will bring it back to running.
Friday night, there I stood examining the menu at the Asian Dinner. I thought back to a conversation I had with my best friend
Iowa City Attorney while in Vancouver, [...]