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I haven’t seen the movie, but I read the book. And I have studied some history. The Sooner State was settled by cheaters, that’s how it got its name. Rules don’t conquer territory. During the early 20th century, members of the Osage Nation in Oklahoma were systematically murdered by white settlers. Yet outside the Osage…
Does it change the myth of Sisyphus for you to learn that Sisyphus is paid? – Errol Morris ‘Make America Great Again’ is an expression which must raise a subsequent question. Because it is a puzzle. What era would that be? Putting aside women and African-Americans and Mexican-Americans and Native Americans and gays, as was…
The older I get, the more I am starting to believe ‘there is no finish line’ is true. Destined To Be A Collector’s Treasure Hair flowing, Bill Scobey in Dolfin shorts on the beach in classic Nikes. If you had to save an image of running in amber, that would be a contender. David D….
“I didn’t like the marathon because I wasn’t good at it. My best distance was right around an hour, or 20K. Had there been an Olympic 20K berth, I would have made the team. The 10k was a little short for me, and the marathon was far too long.” When did you start running and…
Our nation was born in genocide when it embraced the doctrine that the original American, the Indian, was an inferior race. Even before there were large numbers of Negroes on our shore, the scar of racial hatred had already disfigured colonial society. From the sixteenth century forward, blood flowed in battles over racial supremacy. We…
“What is the essence of life? To serve others and to do good.” – Aristotle Convinced the wonderful communications staff at the Boston Marathon I really am a running journalist of sorts, so basking in a variety of frequent press releases. It’s a good thing. This month the B.A.A. will hold a special event to…
You dance love, and you dance joy, and you dance dreams. And I know if I can make you smile by jumping over a couple of couches or running through a rainstorm, then I’ll be very glad to be a song and dance man. — Gene Kelly I could not say no. The wife and I…
If you can fill the unforgiving minute, with sixty seconds’ worth of distance run, Yours is the Earth and everything that’s in it, and – which is more – you’ll be a Man, my son! – Rudyard Kipling The Masters Runner By Steve Trew The athlete was old now, very old. He had run and competed…
Yet another gift catalog shows up in the mail. And the catalog is filled with a bunch of stuff you don’t need. Signs, t-shirts, pillows, magnets, placards. But many of them inscribed with wisdom you DO need. Life’s journey is not to arrive safely at the grave in a well preserved body but rather to…
The music of a marathon is a powerful strain, one of those tunes of glory. It asks us to forsake pleasures, to discipline the body, to find courage, to renew faith, and to become one’s own person, utterly and completely. – George Sheehan Ethiopia’s Tigist Assefa, erstwhile 800m specialist, obliterated the women’s marathon world record…