Brian Rock 
I’ve been thinking about upgrading my old Garmin Forerunner 245 for a while now. I got it a little over three years ago, when I was first getting back into running. It’s been a great watch, and it saw me through a lot of miles. I almost upgraded to the Garmin Forerunner 945 LTE when … Read more
In six weeks, I’m running the Erie Marathon in Pennsylvania. I’m halfway through my twelve week training block, so this is a logical time to check in and see how things are going. Background and Context If you haven’t been following the blog, let me start with a quick bit of background. I’ve been working … Read more
Earlier this week, my wife and I went into the city to see Billy Joel at the Garden. It was amazing. If you haven’t been to see him, you should try to catch a show before he ends his run in July 2024. But this is a running blog, and not a music blog. So … Read more
My wife’s family lives in West Palm Beach, so I frequently find myself going for a run in south Florida. Over the years, I’ve become well acquainted with some routes in the area. This month, we spent a week down there. The weather was atrocious … because Florida in July. But it is what it … Read more
It’s summer time here in New Jersey, and that means heat and humidity. The weather is subpar for running, and the months of July and August are typically pretty miserable. It’s common knowledge that heat and humidity make running harder. But just how harder is it? Recently, I spent some time in south Florida visiting … Read more
I saw a post on r/AdvancedRunning recently, in which the OP asked, essentially, “When can I run after a marathon?” It’s a common question. Any race requires some recovery – and a marathon is a race unlike any other (except of course the even more demanding ultra-marathons). Perhaps because of the daunting nature of the … Read more
So you’re serious about running, and you’re looking for a new GPS running watch. You want the best Garmin has to offer – and you’ve narrowed it down to the Garmin Forerunner 965 vs Fenix 7 Pro. These two watches are at the top end of their respective Garmin product lines – the Forerunner and … Read more
This past weekend, we went down to Ocean City, MD. One of my wife’s friends got married, so we went to the wedding Friday evening and then stayed the rest of the weekend. I had my eye on the weather leading up to the trip, and it was supposed to rain all day, all weekend. … Read more
Sunday was the Fitzgerald’s 5k Lager Run in Glen Ridge. And it was hot. Not brutally hot, like the Tom Fleming 5 Miler in Bloomfield last June. But it was hot enough. I didn’t do quite as well as I had hoped. But I managed to eke out a PR – at least a PR … Read more
So you’re in the market for a running watch, and you’ve narrowed it down to the Garmin Forerunner 955 vs Fenix 7. Maybe you want solar charging, maybe you don’t. But you know you want a high end watch with lots of bells and whistles, along with all the premium training metrics. The two watches … Read more