Happy Thanksgiving

I’d like to take a moment to wish all of my readers a Happy Thanksgiving!
I wish you all the best. Continued happiness and health in the coming year. And I hope your running adventures are wonderful ones.
Happy Thanksgiving!
Coach Joe English, Portland Oregon, USA

Running Wild will return after a short break

My Running Wild blog will be back after a short break. I’m celebrating the arrival of a new baby boy on September 19th, 2007. My son Lucas Cash arrived yesterday, weighing in at 7.4 lbs. and measuring 20 inches. Like his dad, Luke has enormous feet. A future runner perhaps???
For some pictures of the [...]

Happy 4th of July!

Just a note to send my best wishes to all of you on the 4th of July holiday.
I’m sure all of you will get a good run or race in tomorrow prior to beginning your family rituals, fireworks, eating and so forth . . .
or you can just take a nice long nap [...]

En Route to Hawaii (December 2006)

It’s been five days since the California International Marathon in Sacramento and the unrefined waddle caused by my sore quads has finally started to subside. As my legs start to get back to normal, I can only think that another marathon training cycle is behind me and I will shortly start thinking about the next [...]