With a race named 'Stone Cat' I thought about a pity play of words for my title. What I got was a blank screen so on to Plan B--the actual race report. Last week I left Colorado for Maine to meet up with my brother and his friends--all who live in Portland, ME. I landed just at sunset allowing me to...

After my torn anterior ankle tendon at mile 50 during Lean Horse in August, I intended to take off about six weeks from running entirely to allow everything to heal. My sports med doc was very reassuring and didn't think it was that big of a deal. Just take some time off, if it hurts then don't do...

I've been back running for a couple of weeks. So far, so good. My tendon burns slightly when I stretch it in certain positions. Otherwise all feels OK but I haven't run over 5 miles yet. My plan is to do slow 3 to 5 mile runs only for this first month I'm back and then slowly move back to my usual...