(And Why Can’t You “CONNECT” on Garmin Connect?) If you’re a relatively new Garmin Forerunner user or have yet to experience the full effect of Garmin Connect (http://connect.garmin.com), this will blow your mind: Aside from some cool analytics features for pace, time splits, max/min speed and elevation change – you can also find cycling and running...
On one of my recent treks along the bike path of the LA River, something happened to me that is an all-too familiar occurrence with other runners: narrowly escaped being run over by a disgruntled cyclist who later demanded I step off the path. Really? What happened to sharing the road? Especially if the...
Training for your first 5k, half marathon, full marathon or otherwise? Every runner has his or her own pace, weekly mileage, that eventually develops over time and trial and error (especially if you are me). For those of you who are relatively new to running or are an on and off again casual runner...
Given my current training plan my weekly mileage has increased in addition to the higher frequency of me passing the same bums who happen to inhabit the various overpasses along the LA River. Once I started ramping up my mileage, like a lot of runners I know, I almost fell into a rut of...
If you are tired of using the same run of the mill ways of finding running routes around your neighborhood (word of mouth, google, running clubs, etc.), several new tried and true routes are as easy to find as clicking through a popular social media outlet. Here are a few high traffic sites (which...