“You can’t always get what you want”, stated Mick Jagger and he was right on the money.  It’s not often that we get exactly what we want, and – without much choice – we typically settle for less, for anything that at least gets us closer to that desired goal.  […]

What a title!  Everyone that knows me will tell you – I pretty much NEVER get angry and hardly ever raise my voice.  How is it possible, you ask?  Ah, long story; some psychologists will say that I am bottling it all up inside and one day will simply explode, […]

You must know the feeling very well… Your schedule, your days and your life overall just get packed more and more, get tighter and more complex, until it all just gets as bad as it could possibly get – or so you thought – because that’s when the real fun […]

What a magnificent experience this morning turned out to be!  I am talking about a run, of course, not what you might be thinking… A quick rain that began and ended twice, as I went from complete darkness out on the street into the beautiful Sunday morning light.  The spring is […]

I always tell myself that I will NEVER schedule or mentally prepare for a run before it actually takes place – if it happens when I wake up, so be it; if it doesn’t – it’s all good!  As you know, I believe in spontaneity and strongly feel that it […]

No, no, don’t get me wrong, we did not suddenly turn to violence here at 5 AM Runner, no way!  But I have always found it somewhat fascinating to be able to come in contact with something or someone famous, to visit a place rich in history, to stand in […]

It all started with a planned trip to a nearby strip club, scheduled for some time in the middle of the night.  What could be better?  Relaxing for a short while and forgetting about all the earthly worries and troubles, hanging out with friends and just letting go … And […]

I must say, we – runners – are one crazy bunch, and the 5-AM-Running variety of runners is particularly disturbed and basically unglued.  There must be something wrong with a person that enjoys running around on the streets in the middle of a night, finding the experience appealing and satisfying.  […]

As I walked back upstairs, I felt my entire body give way to an incredible amount of pain and distress, with every bone, joint and muscle aching beyond belief.  What a way to start the Doomsday Friday, very fitting for what they claim will be the last day of our […]

As we get older and more mature (in some cases), things change quite a bit.  We realize that making plans is not an exact science, that events often times take their own course and we should simply adjust accordingly.  And then there are those extreme cases of people like me, […]

Contrary to what you may believe and despite what you may have heard in the media, I don’t run every day, because quite simply – I am a slacker.  Well, it is a bit more complex than that, there are other external factors that determine my running schedule – my […]

I want to tell you the truth.  I have nothing to gain by telling you all this, just feel like sharing a bit.  At times, this need to share goes away and becomes somewhat muffled in the hustle and bustle of what we call everyday’s life.  But then I see […]

Ah, the good old days!  It wasn’t that long ago that as I stepped outside at 5 o’clock each morning, I was always the only one crazy enough to be out there, enjoying the solitude and the utter peace of the early hour.  Not so, not anymore – in the words of […]

This is probably one of the most amusing and entertaining things I’ve read about in the recent times, and of course as an avid advocate of anything related to real weight loss and cardio exercise, I couldn’t keep quiet much longer!  Let’s get right to it – The Caveman Diet! […]

How can you tell it’s going to be a blazing-hot day?  Easy – step outside at 5 AM and you will feel the fire!  Which is exactly what happened as I jumped outside this morning, hoping to get my run in before the sun came out and really did some […]