Running: The Best Medicine
So I was reading the current issue of Runner’s World over the weekend and came across an interesting piece on anti-depressant medication and running. The article stated that, for runners who are also taking anti-depressants, your best bet is to go with an SSRI (Prozac, Paxil, Zoloft) versus a Tricyclic anti-depressant. Tricyclics have several side […]
Calm in the Storm
I had a nasty run yesterday morning. And not in the “nasty as an ironic way to say pleasant” sense. In breaking down the run, it wasn’t my energy level or the distance (often the culprits of a bad run) that made it so unbearable – it was the wind. For those readers in Colorado, you’ve likely […]
The Existential Dilemma of Running
Running is one of my passions in life. I caught the running bug about five years ago when a friend challenged me to run a local 5k. I “trained” for about two weeks by running as far and fast as I could each time out, often running through pain from the previous day’s run. As an […]
