Steve in a Speedo?! Gross!: January 2026

Semi-Wordless Wednesday: My Cats While I Workout

>> Wednesday, January 21, 2026

My cats tend to hang around me while I work out. I came across an old photo from about 2 years ago with our cat Clark (who would end up dying shortly after this) watching me on the trainer:

Clark and Bruce just chillin'.

And then a treadmill run shortly after that started like this:

Clark, if you fall out of there, I'll end up trampling you!

Turkey Day 5K Photos

>> Monday, January 19, 2026

I know I’m about 2 months late on this, but here are a few photos that TC in Motion posted on Facebook from the Turkey Day 5K that Henry and I did:

Prepping post-race treats early in the morning!

My family was talking about these “turkeys with abs!”

Former TC in Motion director(?) Virginia!!

Henry and I were about 10 feet off frame to the right.

I’m in this photo somewhere under the S...

... but zooming in shows NO sign of me!
(I think the woman in the windbreaker is the one who I almost ran over.)

Moments before the start.

Close up of the last photo. Again, I'm somewhere right in the middle of this pic!
(That's my friend's kid in gray [#4245] who I finished very near!)

Gooo!!!!

Love this.

Great shirts! (But they are on the wrong sides of each other!)

About a 1/2 mile in, looking back towards US Bank Stadium.

More of the "turkeys with abs."

That woman's in an old "Charities Challenge" sweatshirt! I did a lot those races back in the day!

Adorable.

I swear I know that mom.

Post-race goodies!

If you missed it, here’s my race report from November’s Turkey Day 5K.

Tight Butt (not in a good way)

>> Saturday, January 17, 2026

Welp, my left glute is a little upset. I might take a few days off from running to see if it helps. I hate starting the new year like that.

During my treadmill PR long run 2 weeks ago, I felt a slight "hang up" early on in that run in my left glute. Dr. Backus worked it out on Wednesday, and I had a very normal hard run on Friday. And I had good trainer workouts before and after that (on Thursday and Saturday). It felt normal through all of that!

Then RANDOMLY on Monday, I was 0.2 miles into my long run, and it felt sore suddenly. I stopped to stretch for a moment, but in the end, my 11+ mile long run ended up being 1.5 miles before I stopped. Dang.

I ran outside on Wednesday even though it still was mostly ice out there because it was 15 degrees. I thought maybe the identical and repeated footstrikes on the treadmill weren't helping things. But I got less than 3 miles in before my butt started to hurt again. I stopped at 3.34 miles. Dang again.

I saw Dr. Backus again on Wednesday afternoon, and dug in there a bit. We'll see how it feels shortly and maybe I'll test it on some shorter runs. Wish me luck!