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On the agenda for Week 1 of marathon training: speed work that will make you dry heave by Kevin L. Patient Expert

Posted in: Blog Posts in Endurance Training Even Google's autocorrect search knows runners dry (or wet) heave every once in a while I’m in the first “official week” of marathon training and today (Aug. 4) th ... Read on »

Randy Moss let me interview him once while laying on a grimy mattress by Kevin L. Patient Expert

Posted in: Blog Posts in Endurance Training Reporters rarely get one-on-ones with stars like Randy Moss/photo courtesy Boston Globe It’s August 1999. I’m a reporter at the Fort Worth Star-Telegram. In my dut ... Read on »

July 2011 mileage and getting ready to run Dallas White Rock Lake Marathon by Kevin L. Patient Expert

Posted in: Blog Posts in Endurance Training Training for my Fall marathon began Sunday and I’ve decided I’m going to run….. … Dallas White Rock Marathon. Again. It’ll be my 5th running of White Rock, which is wh ... Read on »

I became a dad 4 years ago Sunday by Kevin L. Patient Expert

Posted in: Blog Posts in Endurance Training My son turned 4 on Sunday. Here is a look at how Noah has changed through the years. Noah at 4 Noah at 3 Noah at 2 Noah's 1st birthday ... Read on »

All you ever wanted to know about the average runner: We run. We spend a lot of money on shoes.... by Kevin L. Patient Expert

Posted in: Blog Posts in Endurance Training Runningusa.org has conducted a neat little survey about habits of the typical male and female runner. Below is an excerpt of the typical male. I’ve put my answer to each ... Read on »

My new running nutrition reality: A pickle a day to keep the cramps away by Kevin L. Patient Expert

Posted in: Blog Posts in Endurance Training I’ve known about the effects of pickles on athletes for years. Remember the Eagles-Cowboys football game in 2000? And just last year, the official Journal of the America ... Read on »

So, you want me to call Al Cowlings and get a quote? by Kevin L. Patient Expert

Posted in: Blog Posts in Endurance Training The White Ford Bronco police chase This is a post I originally wrote back in 2009, but it serves a good purpose now: 17 years ago today was the famous OJ Sim ... Read on »

In the mens’ room: No talking, no touching by Kevin L. Patient Expert

Posted in: Blog Posts in Endurance Training This is the men’s room of the NXNW restaurant in North Austin. I had to excuse myself twice from dinner recently to use this fine urinal. Both times guys in the stal ... Read on »

It’s getting real in the Whole Foods parking lot… by Kevin L. Patient Expert

Posted in: Blog Posts in Endurance Training Whole Foods. I go all the time. Fight for parking. Slink a little tiny cart down the aisles and hope you get out of there without needing to take out a small loan for ... Read on »

Noahspeaks: He doesn’t like napping and he can tell you all about it by Kevin L. Patient Expert

Posted in: Blog Posts in Endurance Training Sometimes, three-year-olds say the darndest things. And so it is with my kiddo. Here is the latest installment of the strange and the sublime out of the mouth of Noah: ... Read on »

Weekly mileage update: Loading up the miles, slowing down my paces by Kevin L. Patient Expert

Posted in: Blog Posts in Endurance Training My last two weeks of training Good thing I don’t start marathon training until late July because right now, my legs and lungs just can’t get it together. I can’t h ... Read on »

Brooks Adrenaline: Adding another shoe to my running rotation by Kevin L. Patient Expert

Posted in: Blog Posts in Endurance Training I’ve said here before many times that I began my running career in nothing but Brooks shoes : Beast, Adrenaline, Ghost, and later the Brooks Launch. I ran the first of m ... Read on »

May 2011 mileage update: Nearing 150 by Kevin L. Patient Expert

Posted in: Blog Posts in Endurance Training It’s a little late, but here are my running stats for May 2011 Runs – 21 Total distance – 148.2 miles Total time – 20 hours, 27 minutes, 29 seconds Total p ... Read on »

Tips for staying hydrated during marathon training in the heat by Kevin L. Patient Expert

Posted in: Blog Posts in Endurance Training With temperatures soaring, now is as good a time as any to be reminded of smart ways to stay hydrated while training for your next race. If you are training for a f ... Read on »

Shaq: The best NBA center in the era of cable television? Don’t forget about Hakeem by Kevin L. Patient Expert

Posted in: Blog Posts in Endurance Training Before I was a runner, I was first a sports fan, and later, a sports reporter, so I’ve gotta throw down my take on the retirement of Shaquille O’Neal Wednesday . I’v ... Read on »

Noahspeaks: He likes to enunciate. by Kevin L. Patient Expert

Posted in: Blog Posts in Endurance Training Sometimes, three-year-olds say the darndest things. And so it is with my kiddo. Here is the latest installment of the strange and the sublime things that come out of Noa ... Read on »

Interval training: My first speedwork session in three months. by Kevin L. Patient Expert

Posted in: Blog Posts in Endurance Training I’ve been really shying away from doing any kind of speed work with my Gilbert’s Gazelles running team. Too scared I might reinjure myself and too scared my lungs might ex ... Read on »

Noahspeaks: He’s a hit with the Bob Books community, and he might be a future politician. by Kevin L. Patient Expert

Posted in: Blog Posts in Endurance Training Noah is becoming a little superstar. I posted in last week’s version of “Noahspeaks” that my three-year-old could read a book (and that he liked girls). The authors wh ... Read on »

Weekly running update: A 36-mile week. by Kevin L. Patient Expert

Posted in: Blog Posts in Endurance Training Runs: 5 Miles: 36.48 Time: 4 hours, 56 minutes, 10 seconds Pace: 8:08 min/mile This is the most miles I’ve run in one week since I’ve come back from my inj ... Read on »

The best running shoe for me: Adidas Boston edges Brooks Launch by Kevin L. Patient Expert

Posted in: Blog Posts in Endurance Training My feet are the pickiest members of my body. At the beginning of the year, I wrote here that I had settled on two kinds of running shoes to rotate for my weekly runs ... Read on »

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