May 12, 2016

Martin Dugard

running

FIRST DO NO HARM

May 12, 2016

Martin Dugard

running

I spoke with Bob Babbitt for his "Babbittville" podcast the other day. The subject matter was broad, ranging from my early days writing for Bob at Competitor Magazine all the way up to the Olympic Development Program for young distance runners I'm trying to get started....

May 10, 2016

Martin Dugard

running

DAWN PATROL

May 10, 2016

Martin Dugard

running

I'm not saying I'm trying to start a revolution, but when is the running world going to wake up and see that a predawn run on a golf course is just about the closest thing to a religious experience it is possible to enjoy.

May 9, 2016

Martin Dugard

running

TAKE YOUR MEDICINE MONDAY

May 9, 2016

Martin Dugard

running

The title of today's post is the title I typically write on the team white board for the Monday workout. It's our toughest workout of the week and I figure there's no sense in dancing around the hard fact that Monday involves a solo journey into the pain cave.

May 6, 2016

Martin Dugard

running

WEEKEND BULLETS

May 6, 2016

Martin Dugard

running

Trying to work on having a heart of gratitude. I made it a practice for awhile early in the year and then stopped when a bunch of small projects distracted me. Bottom line is that it makes me happier and I like myself better when I don't grumble.

May 4, 2016

Martin Dugard

family

RUNNING AND BREATHING

May 4, 2016

Martin Dugard

family

You raise your kids to grow up and be their best, never fully realizing that one day they will leave the house for good and chart a course of life adventures completely beyond any parental control. So it is that my oldest, somewhere out in the Pacific, is beginning a deployment with his squadron. . . .

May 2, 2016

Martin Dugard

routine, life

TIME TO WORK

May 2, 2016

Martin Dugard

routine, life

Other than this blog and my track team, I've pretty much been a layabout the past month. I don't do well with inactivity -- not because I am compulsive and incapable of down time (though I am told by my wife that this is the case) -- but because I just end up spinning my wheels. . . .

April 30, 2016

Martin Dugard

life, running

WEEKEND BULLETS

April 30, 2016

Martin Dugard

life, running

The Stagecoach Festival has introduced an interesting dynamic to the high school track & field season. There was a shortage of buses available to transport athletes to yesterday's league prelims. . . .

April 27, 2016

Martin Dugard

writing

NEW ADDITIONS

April 27, 2016

Martin Dugard

writing

Really on deadline today. Racing to get a copyedited manuscript back to the publisher, painstakingly going over each and ever edit. It's going to be very tight. And yet I have learned that if I just plow through these things I am less than effective. . . .