A Quest!

I started this blog to chronicle my quest to complete the 2011 Chicago Marathon. Little did I know, the running wouldn't stop at the finish line. I went on to run the 2012 Walt Disney World Marathon in January and then the Green Bay Marathon in May. And, in just a few days, I'll be running the San Francisco Marathon. I've decided to run a marathon in all 50 states. And who cares about why—I'm going to just do it.

From now on, I won't treat this as a training diary, but rather a place to leave accounts of each of my marathons, as well as random running/health-related thoughts and research.

Since you last heard from me, I've committed to minimalist footwear and good running form, and I've decided to power myself from a 90+% plant-based diet. Here's a list of books and movies that have inspired these decisions:

Minimalist Footwear

• Natural Running, by Danny Abshire
• ChiRunning, by Danny Dreyer
• Running Fast and Injury-Free, by Gordon Pirie
• Born to Run, by Chris McDougall

Plant-Based Diet

• No Meat Athlete (blog)
• Eat & Run, by Scott Jurek
• Forks Over Knives (movie)
• Fresh (movie)