The Tao of Po

I subscribed today to Runner's World , a magazine I gave up on several years ago because they kept publishing the same stories and givin...

I have always disregarded Body Mass Index (BMI) as a false, superficial metric. Take my current BMI for example: According to the Centers fo...

Jaded, bored... alive! To fully prepare for the Portland Marathon , I have introduced a program of steady Portlandia viewing. Like any ...

Post-race snack, or whatever, dude. Oregonians will go to the polls this November to decide yet again whether to legalize the recreatio...

Greetings! It has been a solid year since my last post. Admit it, you noticed. So my plan is to run the Portland Marathon in October 20...

As a summertime running masochist, I offered brilliant commentary on this good article .

Does this neckerchief make me look fat? Seems obvious that weight loss would be a natural effect from marathon training. Apparently not....

"Rise" by PiL was good. "Thunder Road" by Springsteen was accidentally added to playlist but was surprisingly inspiratio...

In order: 1. "Outta My System" by My Morning Jacket (motivation comes from strange places) 2. "Holdin On To Black Me...

October 2012 marks the occasion when more than 10,000 readers have viewed the Tao of Po since the blog's inception one year ago in Oc...

The ancient Masters were profound and subtle. Their wisdom was unfathomable. There is no way to describe it; all we can describe is t...

The problem with many people is that they are subjected to external stimuli such as this and accept it, even assimilate it. Individuals wit...

At his weakest moment, when Po had given up on himself, he tried desperately to escape. He was convinced he could never be the Dragon Warr...

We all have a place in the world... Po’s duck dad believes Po’s destiny is to take over the noodle stand one day. He says to Po, “We a...