Spiritual Practice/Meditation/Prayer
Running
When two become one.

I recently finished reading a book by Texas runner, Roger Joslin, called Running the Spiritual Path: A Runner’s Guide to Breathing, Meditating, and Exploring the Prayerful Dimension of the Sport. Within it, Roger shares his personal journey and experiences of blending two individual activities that are meaningful in his life, the physical [...]

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Ultrarunners love to go big!
I recently finished reading the Lore of Running by Tim Noakes and it definitely goes big, with 900+ pages of insight for nearly all aspects of running. When a book is big enough to be classified as a weapon in four states, it is worth a look. The amount of [...]

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“…even looking back, I scratch my head sometimes and wonder how I pulled it off” – Russell Secker on the Transeurope Footrace
Texas ultra athlete, Russell Secker, the only American athlete that participated and completed the 2920 mile 2009 Transeurope Footrace was recently interviewed by an Austin radio show called INNER VIEWS.
Secker talked about what brought [...]

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“Think Easy, Light, Smooth, and Fast. You start with easy, because if that ’s all you get, that’s not so bad. Then work on light. Make it effortless, like you don’t give a shit how high the hill is or how far you’ve got to go. When you’ve practiced that so long that you forget [...]

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Over the weekend I finished reading Running with the Buffaloes by Chris Lear and can say it truly was a joy to read.
The premise of the book follows the University of Colorado’s men’s cross country running team during the 1998 season. The book is laid out in a journal-type format that followed the key [...]

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While the latest buzz in the running industry is over the book Born to Run which I have yet to read, I recently finished a book that shares the depth and breath of the ultrarunning experience through the authors own personal accounts across 25 events. The book is titled Ultrarunning: My Story by Mike Bouscaren.
The [...]

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