Something hit me late yesterday evening.  No, it wasn’t my wife, or even my 13-year-old, whose punches now hurt.  It was the realization that I have fallen into the very trap that I myself have been warning everyone to avoid!  I have become complacent!  That’s right – me, can you […]

What a life – truly a great time to be alive!  Between all the earthquakes, hurricanes, storms, land-slides and other forms of major calamities, there is hardly ever a day of peaceful rest, a time of tranquility.  But then again, has there ever been a time like that in any […]

She packed her bags, picked up the kids and walked out of the house, without looking back… As I saw her car driving away, I continued to ask myself this question again and again – “Why!?”  And with that, she was gone… Sounds a bit dramatic, I know.  Relax – […]

Cowards die many times before their deaths, the valiant never taste death but once. Julius Caesar ___________________________ What is it that makes us individuals, makes us unique? Truly mind-boggling, at least to me, that there are literally billions of people on the face of the planet, and just as none […]

Considering how much fat, protein, carbohydrates, alcohol and all the other trash I have consumed since Friday – hey, it was my kid’s birthday, which somehow spilled over into Saturday as well – I knew that running on Sunday morning would no longer be an option, but an absolute and […]

It is a well-known and documented fact that I crave an opportunity to punish my body, constantly creating new ways to shock and amaze it into keeping the weight off.  Sure, I realize there are better and easier ways of doing it, but what can I say – I am […]

Please trust me on this one. Your old buddy, the 5 AM Runner, has been through them all. It is now 11 PM, and I am simply done – drunk, exhausted, drained, entirely emptied out, both physically and emotionally…. Insanely enough, that’s not the worst I have felt in my […]

I think this guy is basically super-human, he has to be! No, really, the whole world is now talking about this man, Usain Bolt – what a name, by the way – as he seems to have broken all the possible records that ever existed in the sport of running […]

It is interesting and peculiar that running is not that well recognized in the U.S., although it is perhaps the most effective form of exercise.  It is perceived as difficult and even potentially damaging, so most people choose to stick to safer forms of cardio “entertainment”, and hit the stair-masters, […]

Lately, I have been reading up on the issue of numerous athletes being accused of taking controlled substances, performance-enhancers, you name it, all aimed to do one thing and one thing only – maximize his or her physical performance for a brief period of time.  I can understand (to some […]

As you may remember, the last time around I was too devastated and exhausted, having traveled through the eye of the storm, to write about the very topic that had initially been on my mind.  But a promise is a promise – even if you are a morning-run junkie such […]

I was recently watching “Nurse Jackie” with my wife (I admit – she made me watch it), and I was amazed at the fact that I never actually paid attention to what the characters on this, and other similar shows actually wear.  What is the history behind these so called […]

Wow, what a morning so far! I will tell you, yesterday I thought about writing today’s post to address the topic of sprinting at the end of any cardio stretch, what it does and just how good or bad it may be.  However, having survived a hell of a morning, […]

It makes no difference to me, even if it is my neighbor, whom I really like and with whom we chat all the time.  Does not matter!  And he should know better! What can I say, I am simply not the same person when I leave the doors of my […]

No, I am not talking about Prince William or that other prince in the same royal family, nor am I talking about The Artist Formerly Known as one….. And, as a matter of fact, this is not even related to running and exercise, but I was so impressed with some […]