Ordinary Marathoner

Rest day just about destroyed me mentally yesterday… felt so unproductive. But then the GoPro arrived and now I can’t wait to become a YouTube sensation. Now, to go shave off the rest of this goatee…

Stef and I both got into Marine Corps Marathon yesterday despite some hiccups in their Rush Registration process. We’ll be seeing a bunch of you in DC this October and very excited about it!

Happy birthday to me! The biggest change for today is now I have to enter “45” into the treadmill when it asks me for my age – which I’m assuming means it must matter in their calorie calculation. Apparently, today I will burn more calories than I did yesterday. Sweet! The benefits of getting older.

Happy morning after St. Patrick’s Day… hoping you’re all not too hungover to get your training in today. Sweat it out! It’s good for you.

Welcome to our first video podcast as we hope to put the Ordinary Daily up on YouTube moving forward. The first half is just me giving a little recap of how we got this far with the podcast. I bring Samantha in at the half-way point and we talk about what it was like for … Continue reading "Podcast #169 – First Video Podcast with Samantha"

A productive week with a few lessons learned – more lifting, more bricks, more hills will be added in future workouts. I have a possible solution to my bike issues, and maybe it’s time to have Samantha as a guest on the pod…

The Jets sign Le’Veon Bell, and can pickle juice hold the key to solving saddle sores? We cover both of these topics this morning.

Lesson learned: Spicy Turkey Chili is not a good fuel option for a run.

When the cat’s away, the mice will… make really spicy turkey chili and stay up way too late playing Madden?

Great podcast this past week with Kat Morrissey, great week of training… and analyzing the diet going forward in order to give me the best chance to succeed in Lake Placid.