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Hello listener, this is Drew McKenzie. Thank you for checking out my website, dailyjamrunner.com. Up to now, I have used this website as a place to publish blog-style writings on my running and life. For a couple months now, I have thought about the idea of recording conversations with my fellow runners here in Santa… Read more

It’s been several weeks since my last blog post; it’s just hard to find time to write these days with our newborn, Basil, and working and running and family time. Life has been tough and rewarding at the same time. It’s hard taking care of a newborn, but, man, does it make my life feel… Read more

Writing One of the reasons why I decided to start writing blogs about my running is because I often have thoughts, while running, that I would like to write down. For this blog, I decided to try a different approach to writing. This morning, my goal was to run 20 miles on roads, not stopping… Read more

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The 3:30am alarm fills the room, pulling me out of a dream and into the physical world. Somehow, my wife and newborn son are never woken up by this alarm. Just me – the signal that my day has begun. I quietly get out of bed, open the bedroom door, and slip out into the… Read more

Today is President’s Day, a holiday at my job. There is a gentle, but steady rain, creating an ambient pitter-patter. I can see the branches of the backyard tree blowing in the wind through our bedroom window. My mother-in-law is cooking up a breakfast stir-fry, filling the air with a savory smell. I slowly sip… Read more

Its a Saturday morning and there is a consistent rainfall, with an occasional howl of wind, which presses up against the window of our living room. I am drinking a warm cup of coffee, with a nice soundscape created by a Youtube video called Fantasy Medieval Music for Focus & Calm: The Dwarf’s Long Mountain… Read more

Ever since running Tahoe 200 back in June, my running has been in a state of limbo. I had no other big races on the calendar for 2025 because Tahoe 200 was such a large endeavor physically, mentally, and financially. Without a big goal on the calendar, my running life felt a bit lost, a… Read more

Every once in a while, when the vibe is just right and the frequencies of the world seem to harmonize together, you might take a moment to pause and say, “man, this is what its all about.” Over the past several months and years of running I have had several of these moments. Often times… Read more

Its been another long while since I wrote about my running. My last blog detailed my week of Arlington Peak summits, 7 times in 7 days back in early September. At that time I was thinking the challenge would kickstart my running to start building towards another big effort. Perhaps a 100-mile race. In the… Read more