Welcome to my running / training blog. Here I'll be posting thoughts on training, racing, and the runner's life in general.
Let's start with an introduction. I grew up in Marysville, Ohio. I got my start into running in a typical fashion: won the fourth grade mile, swore I would never do any sport but soccer, found that I wasn't very good at soccer, and tried cross country. I attended Williams College and really found my stride. Running had already become a defining part of my identity in high school, now it became more so, culminating in my win at DIII XC Nationals in 2005 .
After college I briefly taught high school math and coached at the Culver Academies in Indiana. During this time I raced with the Columbus Running Company .
Finally I moved to Rochester to work at Klein Steel and joined the Genesee Valley Harriers running club.
After an anticlimactic end to the XC season (stuck on a bus on the thruway, unable to make it to club nationals) I hope to train through the rough Rochester winter ready to post good 10k thru half marathon times in the spring.
My training logs and race write ups can be found on my website here.
Thanks for reading.
Have fun out there.
- Neal