My fellow runners: Are you finding yourself in the midst of winter doldrums? Having a hard time getting yourself out the door to run 5 or 6 miles in the bitter cold? Have your once toned legs turned to mush?…

This just in from the folks at GO! St. Louis.

This Saturday, they’ll conduct the first of six free training runs in Forest Park. The training will help participants of all fitness levels train for GO! St. Louis races on the weekend of…

Monday: 6.5 miles

Thursday 4.5 miles

Saturday: 14 miles in 2 hrs. 13 min; 9:30 a mile. Felt sluggish throughout

Total for Week: 25 miles

Last week’s mileage was lower than usual. I didn’t do my weekly 4.5-mile fun run with Dr. Ed Wolfgram…

Midway through my 6.5-mile run this morning, the skies opened and within 2 minutes I was sopping wet.  Shortly after that, when I checked the sportband to see how far I had run, it was blank.  I found this surprising…

The first two marathons I ran were miserable. I arrived at the starting line (note: I said STARTING line) injured and fatigued. Staring down 26.2 miles under such conditions is depressing. Both races took me far longer to run and recover…