Living in Pittsburgh means that the sky is gray a lot of the time, especially in winter.  In fact, Pittsburgh gets fewer hours of sunshine per year,…

I swam 2,500 yards this afternoon to complete my biggest week ever in the pool. The 13,000 yards that I swam this week is pretty small compared…

A couple of weeks ago I wrote about choosing the correct clothing for outdoor runs. I am usually pretty good at getting my clothing right, but I…

As you can tell from several of my blog posts in the past few weeks, like this one, I am currently focussing heavily on swimming. While searching…

We all have them. Days when our motivation for working out it low. Today was one of those days for me.  I was surprised, because I have…

I think we all want to become stronger and more durable athletes. One of the best ways to do this, is to run hills. That is what…

If you want to get better at something, it helps to do it a lot. I want to improve my swimming, so I am committed to swimming…

Whenever I go to the pool to swim, I focus on improvement. I pick one aspect of technique that I would like to improve, and focus on…

At the start of my runs recently, I have been struggling with stiffness in my right ankle.  When flexing this ankle today, I noticed that I am…

I always like to do a workout on January 1st. I feel that by doing this, I set the tone for the year ahead. Today, my wife…