Timeless Running Wisdom
The ultimate runner’s toolbox, "Timeless Running Wisdom" by Rich Benyo is also your GPS to the world’s oldest sport. Read this book and you will remember why you fell in love with running in the first...
View ArticleDean Karnazes’ Run Across America
Dean Karnazes will be doing something less than 150 other people have ever done. I reviewed the statistics on John Wallace III's site (where you can also see who else is currently running or walking...
View ArticleHigh schooler to run across America
got this email from a 17-year-old high schooler who plans to run across the United States next year after he graduates. He wrote, "... It's my dream, and it's what I'm training for. Please, if you...
View ArticleDean Karnazes’ Finish: A Place in History?
Congratulations to Dean Karnazes, who finished his run across America today, completing 2,954 miles along the southern route from Anaheim, California to New York City in 74 days. As one of the “elders”...
View ArticleRunning for a Day, for a Month, for a Lifetime
Throughout May, Dick's Sporting Goods has been promoting National Runners' Month, offering special deals in its stores, sponsoring running events, and donating more than $25,000 to Action for Healthy...
View ArticleLandmark on Highway 50, So Long
Right after the new year, vandals destroyed something of mine, at least it felt like mine. It really belonged to everyone who'd ever seen it, a bit of Americana along Highway 50 outside Middlegate, NV....
View ArticleHave one on me: recipe for a healthier holiday drink
Heather and I aren't crazy calorie counters, but we do pay attention. With other favorites on the menu for Christmas dinner, mixing up a more "virtuous" drink like this means we don't have to skimp on...
View ArticleWhat if your man wants to do something “crazy”?
You can imagine that being married to someone like me requires a strength of its own, a special brand of emotional endurance. Heather not only puts up with my craziness but embraces it as an essential...
View ArticleRemembering Micah True (1954 – 2012)
Micah and I met back in the mid 1980s at one of the Colorado ultramarathons. With his no-frills attitude about running and his cool name, he caught my attention right away. Both reminded me of the old...
View ArticleA Tribute to Michael Popov (1978 – 2012)
Michael and I first met after he invited me to a 50K put on by Pacific Coast Trail Runs about a year ago: “Come run our race and do a book signing! You are welcome, and we’d love to have you at …...
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