As I ran down the trail Saturday evening on South Mountain outside of Phoenix, Arizona, I was struck by how trail running resembles life. In particular, it was having to quickly choose where to place my foot in a split second as I danced down the rocky path and by cliffs that made me think this. As I passed over over sharp rocks and found a safer landing spot, I remembered what my life coach had explained to me the week before. “You don’t have to make the best decision, just a good decision.”

Scratch everything you’ve heard from me about barefoot running. I had it all wrong. I have just found infallible proof that – this is huge, folks – running backwards is better! Recent studies have shown that you can save more energy and run faster with less injuries if you run backwards.

I recently got back from a cruise (or at least that’s what the website said it was going to be). To sum up my experience, I think I could enjoy cruising, if it weren’t for the boat or the people. It was quite depressing. Everywhere you look you see people who are terribly unhealthy and unfit. It felt like we were on a 7-day cruise with the last port-of-call being the morgue.

Great quote from the New York Times in 1909: “There is reason for viewing with considerable apprehension the sudden popularity of the so-called Marathon race. It is only exceptional men who can safely undertake the running of twenty-six miles, and even for them the safety is comparative rather than absolute. The chances are that every [...]