IF YOU'D SEEN ME LAST NIGHT paying tribute to my cousin Brian, and avoided being struck blind, you'd have had good cause to doubt my sanity. But I was fulfilling an obligation and following some very sage advice.Fortunately, there are no photos. But you're welcome to use your imagination.Brian was a sweet, good-natured guy with …
Woodstock Warmup!
FRIDAY'S FORECAST FOR HELL: HOT, with rain showers likely, then cooling off on Saturday. Trail conditions: 200 yards of campground road followed by 61.9 miles of slippery, shoe-eating mud.Just hours now to Run Woodstock and my first-ever 100K trail race, starting at 4:00 Friday afternoon, and crossing the finish line somewhere between 4:00-6:00 a.m. Saturday. The …
Hunting the Snarky
Runners in particular are fond of snarky slogans, and I enjoy collecting them. So I'm interrupting my regular program of highly informative, thought-providing, and possibly world-changing posts to show you all some entertaining T-shirts and signs from my recent races and training runs. After all, it's hard to come up with highly informative, thought-providing, and possibly world-changing …
Rabbit in the Vineyard
I CHARGED DOWN THE FINAL STRAIGHTAWAY toward the "Mile 3" sign, hearing nothing but my own heavy breathing. Behind me, somewhere, were close to 800 other runners. Ahead was one lone runner - and the pace bike. My mind was flashing between two thoughts: Keep going - just hold it together a little longer - …
RUN COFFEE WRITE 