Welcome to all the new readers, and THANK YOU!  Don’t know where you are all coming from, but so thrilled to have you here!! Before I get to the topic at hand, let me just say that whoever announced the beginning of spring is a liar, it was freezing cold again […]

It felt good to hit the ground running again, having been “sidelined” for a few days due to some sort of a mystical, life-threatening disease.  For nearly a week, I couldn’t see, eat, move, think, but most importantly, breathe!  I never realized the importance of breathing until this disease kicked […]

Welcome to all the new friends, THANK YOU, and welcome to our 3 new guest writers – top notch!  I am impressed and humbled. I want to skip right to the point, as I received a mountain of emails, asking me to elaborate on something I briefly mentioned in my earlier […]

Oh man, how nice it feels to have the warm weather back!  No more bulky sweat-shirts, hats, gloves, and all other kinds of  equipment that adds anywhere up to 80 lbs to my already massive frame!  The spring is here (pretty much), YES! I received another question that I want […]

As I was feverishly working on updating my website’s title to ’6 AM Runner’ (to account for the Daylight Time change), I have come to yet another realization, another reason why I often times can’t wait to get out there and just go.  What’s the best way to spell it […]

It may surprise many people to learn that one of my favorite shows is the Oscars.  The Oscars are really known as one of the most watched, yet somewhat boring award shows on television.  Despite that, it is still perceived as one of the most important award shows of the year. An […]

I admit, not quite at 5 am, actually closer to 6, but I still made it out of the house, my head pounding from lack of sleep, my legs weighing a ton each, filled with some undiscovered form of liquid metal…  Still, a promise had been made (if only to myself…), and […]

I have received a great deal of comments about my Grapefruit post a few weeks back, some in support of my grapefruit admiration, and some in opposition of it…. and then also some other, simply calling me a crazy nut, but we will save those for later…  Having discussed grapefruit and its […]

I was looking over the latest email I received from the Men’s Health Magazine, suggesting that I try their newest, revolutionary diet, which requires no effort, no exercise, no restrictions, and, I quote: “Eating only the best foods available, including cheesecakes and pizza…”  Sounds pretty tempting, no more need for […]

It is quite incredible!   Just as I completely remove meat from my diet, the rest of the world decides to follow along…. I am kidding, of course, it is not the rest of the world, only a large percentage of mixed-martial artists, who have also chosen to do away […]

I have no idea why I went out for a run that morning… A move of complete and utter craziness on my part, having spent a sleepless night with high fever, getting up at 3:30 AM…. I felt sick the night before, after coming back from my job in NY, […]

I must confess that to me fitness, exercise, running, and all other related topics have always been more of a mental than a physical issue.  Trying to psyche myself up to maintain a steady weekly cardio routine, especially during the winter months, is the most difficult challenge I have ever faced […]

Having survived a drinking session and staying up late to watch Mark Zuckerberg on SNL, I nearly became a 7 AM Runner, barely making it up “on time” this morning.  As my body slowly caught up to my mind, which normally happens about a mile into the distance, I slowly […]

Thanks for HBirthday wishes to all!! Just another funny (in retrospect) episode to share with my continuously growing audience.  As everyone already knows, and as the name above suggests, I run pretty early in the day, like say, at 5 AM, when the darkness of the night still rules.  And […]

It is amazing how many people actually generalize their understanding of how eating may affect their weight, shape and form.  Nothing is simple, and nothing works 100% of the time, and it is usually a combination of multiple factors that contribute to the overall success of your attempts to stay […]