Author: runguru

At times over the last 20 years I’ve felt alone, on an island, on a different planet, in a different universe. I’ve maintained since moving to Nebraska that Real Racing … Read More

From 2004-2012 Team Nebraska Brooks enjoyed status as one of the top USATF Elite Development Clubs in the United States. In 2007 and ’08 the Omaha Mile brought some of … Read More

Picked this interesting tidbit up off the ‘ol fbook.  My buddy Scott Simmons is the head coach of the US Army’s World Class Athlete Program. At altitude in Colorado Springs.  … Read More

What can you say about Angee?  I’ll tell you what you can say, “She’s the most durable and talented female athlete in Nebraska state history.”   And while she is fierce … Read More

I’m taking stock of the upcoming spring/summer National Road Racing Scene.  The days of  thousands packed in a start corral on hiatus until who knows when.   The mechanics of closed … Read More

A tip for those of you starved for Real Racing- The Race Is Where You Make It! Around  50 stalwart runners and  walkers gathered at Lifestyle Fitness in Waterloo Saturday … Read More

This past weekend marked the 14th anniversary of a most treasured recognition of service to the Nebraska running community.  I was presented the 2007 Lincoln Track Club Distinguished Service Award.  … Read More

One of the most personal decisions you can make.  Never to be taken lightly. You invest months of training.  You deny yourself luxuries that don’t jive with optimum fitness.  You … Read More

From Omaha World Herald writer Stu Pospisil-   The flat section roads around sandpit lakes in western Douglas County will beckon runners in April for the delayed debut of the … Read More

I’ve spent the last 4 decades deep diving our sport.  Chronicled the last decade and a half under the old teamnebraska.com and right here, weighing in where angels fear to … Read More