Dad on the Run on Dad On The Run

Maybe a family drive up to Toronto in the middle of a blustery winter isn’t everyone’s idea of fun.

This stupid virus was bad enough when it left me stuck at home compromising between less attention for work and completely failing to home educate my kids.

Well no one can say it isn’t an interesting time to bring a child into the world.

After an evening of rides, zoo animals, and of course plenty of chocolate, we realized Hershey Park was the perfect place to take three year olds.

Is it possible to practice social distancing and stay six feet away from everyone when running past them on singletrack trails?

I knew our daycare teachers didn’t have it easy before.

Granada is without a doubt the best place in Spain to feel truly connected to history.

Ever since my twins were born, I looked forward to the day I would take them skiing.

They say every age is hard, but just in different ways.

Superyachts, Supercars, and sunburns.

In the last month I’ve run around Central Park’s large loop numerous times.

“Oh, you have to go to Alicante.”

The first time we took our twins on a vacation in a different time zone, I worried so much about sleep schedules and bed times we lost half our day.

The south of Spain is great for sun, sangria, and the beach, but when you’ve got a craving for fish and chips, or relaxing at a pub, crossing over to Gibraltar is a must.

Cold weather and electric cars don’t exactly go together like peanut butter and jelly.

Going from wired headphones to wireless ones, especially for running is a complete game changer.

I found my paradise on earth sitting outside under the Spanish sunset on a hillside overlooking the buildings of Ronda and numerous olive orchards and vineyards while the only sound I could hear was the soft whisper of the gentle breeze through trees.

I sit on a beach towel so new it has that new towel smell in the shade of Cadiz’s pier about 30 feet from the ocean water and build a sandcastle with my boys.

As the year winds down and the decade comes to a close (though I say that won’t happen for another year because I actually understand time), so does the era of gadgets and smartphones being the most exciting tech.

Music City.

It’s 45 degrees out, so cold that a mist hangs over the baseball outfield we’re using for our game today.

Family vacations can be full of a ton of unhealthy temptations.

With the highest average temperatures in Europe, Cordoba, one of Andalusia’s largest cities is the perfect spot to visit in the Summer for some of the famous summer sun.

Hot sun, late nights, and adventurous food make for great vacations, but adding kids into the mix with these doesn’t always work out great.

Are Android and iOS really all that different?

Four years can make a huge difference when it comes to running.

After three years with my Garmin Vivoactive smartwatch, I decided it was time to graduate up to a more professional and full featured running watch.

One of my absolute favorite runs in the area I live is across the George Washington Bridge from New Jersey into New York.

The OnePlus 7 Pro landed on the smartphone scene this year without a ton of hype, but generated a ton of noise.

When I told people about my family vacation to Spain with my three-year-old twins, the most common reaction was, “wow, that’s crazy.”

I’m going back to school.

My Pixel 3 XL has been getting long in the tooth lately.

Trust me, you aren’t a bad parent if you yell.

I ’ve been a Gmail user since it first became available in beta through an invite-only system back in 2005 or so, but recent concerns over the data that gets tracked, collected, and stored for uses beyond email caused me to find a replacement option.

As hard as it may be to believe, I haven’t always had the spindly build of a runner.

Raising twins has never been easy, but as they grow into full on threenagers, the challenges of raising toddlers mount up.

One of the nice parts about running is that compared to many sports, it really doesn’t require much gear.

An “extremely strenuous”, “double black diamond” rated hike up a mountain in the middle of the desert in 110 degree heat seemed like a good idea at the time.

It’s been a while coming, but this week finally broke the straw for me.

If Phoenix is meant to rise like the legendary bird from the ash, it will probably be because of the heat there.

I’ve only owned my Tesla Model 3 for a couple of weeks now, but it’s quickly become my favorite car I’ve ever had.

When I began managing teams, I started with the team I developed software on.

I always joked about my one time visiting Brazil, setting foot inside the Embasy in Washington once when I was younger as part of a student leadership program, which technically constituted sovereign soil.

Some of my most enduring memories from early childhood were formed from experiences in and around Washington D.C.

When my car lease ran out, I had to make a difficult choice on what to replace it with.

For the last decade or more, I’ve traveled almost extensively with others.

Growing up in the late 80s, I had a ton of exposure to optimism around huge scientific breakthroughs and progress.

Last summer, my wife and I flew to Portugal with our then two-year-old twin boys.

When Game of Thrones started, I wasn’t a parent, didn’t have a dog, a house, or even a wife yet.

Dinosaurs, horses, and castles.