LHRL® #186

LHRL® #186

Podcast Public

On Lift Heavy Run Long® #186 we had our friend Dr. Brad Cole of Cole Pain Therapy Group. Dr. Cole is well known in the community for his treatment of pain on all kinds but more specifically he is well-known in the running and Crossfit community as a doctor who...
Never Gets Old

Never Gets Old

Beefcake, Beefcake public

I haven’t been to CrossFit in months- Covid, excuses, laziness and a knee-surgery are all equally to blame. I went back to Olive Branch CrossFit yesterday. I wanted to rehab my knee a little bit and just move around. The workout was a descending ladder of...
Never Gets Old

Trash Tree

Beefcake, Beefcake public

Up until I was about 20 years old I thought that Mimosa trees were pretty. I liked their pinkish-orange, soft-looking blooms and I would admire them when I was driving south to school at Mississippi State University. A remember telling a friend of mine who had a...
Never Gets Old

Nothing, really.

Beefcake, Beefcake public

LHRL® Slack App I feel like… Well, I am not real sure. I feel like… …I guess I feel like feeling, or writing, or doing something. I just got back from a run. That is when I feel most like feeling. That is when I feel like it is ok to sit down and...
Never Gets Old

Help

Beefcake, Beefcake public

Waddle. Waddle. Walk. Walk. Waddle. Waddle. I was awakened from my Widespread Panic induced earbud trance by the sound of a 4-wheeler coming up behind me. I stop and look around, and was surprised to see my neighbor rolling up beside me and handing me a bottle of...
LHRL® #186

LHRL® #185

Podcast Public

This week on the Lift Heavy Run Long® Podcast we had the privilege of sitting down with Tony Hendrix and Melissa Wagner to discuss their plans to document (and participate in) a 333-mile unsupported road race called The Last Annual Halfway to Hell race which is the...
Never Gets Old

Irrational Behavior

Beefcake, Beefcake public, Run

I just went for a 3.6-mile run. I am a few weeks post knee surgery and I had to get out and run. I couldn’t take it anymore. Two days ago, I walked a mile with my brace. I was pretty shaky but I got it done. Yesterday, I walked 2 miles without a brace and today...
Memorial Day

Memorial Day

What was I thinking?

Long Weekend. Start of Summer. Cookouts. “Murph”. The cemetery lies in a shady stand of pine, a stone’s throw from a busy four-lane highway that speeds drivers through town. It dates from the 1890s, when it served as the military cemetery for an Army...
That First Race

That First Race

What was I thinking?

I was standing at the start line with the other runners, making small talk with some lady I didn’t know as we waited for the timer’s gun to go off. I made a remark about wishing I had stopped smoking earlier, as I feared the effects of cigarettes would interfere with...
LHRL® #186

LHRL® #184

Podcast Public

Lift Heavy Run Long® #184 was operating at almost full capacity. I encountered yet another audio hiccup in exchange for the betterment in some other areas. Big Thirsty cannot be heard for the first 5 minutes or so and for this, I am eternally apologetic. On episode...