Archive For The “Running Free” Category
Sarah Herrington, the stellar 1500-meter specialist from the Twin Cities has transplanted to St. Louis in an attempt to change her luck. The winner of countless Invitational and Relays titles, the 5’11” track star is most famous for what she has not achieved, namely, a berth on the U.S. Olympic Team. Chapter Two SARAH HERRINGTON Their love…
This book is dedicated to every person who has ever pursued a difficult goal and followed that quest to its conclusion. – Jay Birmingham, Raleigh, North Carolina 2024 Chapter One BILL SZYMCZAK At this distance, details are lost: all I can see is a terrible crush of bodies. The panicked mob pushes, everyone mindless…
Writing is hard. Personally, I’d rather read. So, I will be offering Throwback Thursdays as needed. It’s Thursday in Europe.2015, still trying to convince myself there was still a chance I could run. And ‘still’ it was. “Old age is very demanding somehow,” author Kay Boyle once wrote a much younger friend. “One knows what…
I thought about how many preconceived notions would crumble when I trotted along for 26 miles. – Bobbi Gibb, first woman to finish the Boston Marathon, 1966 Where To Watch This year’s Boston Marathon will be aired live in its entirely throughout New England on WCVB-Channel 5 (coverage from 4:00 a.m.-8:00 p.m.), and nationally on…
Nostalgia in reverse, the longing for yet another strange land, grew especially strong in spring. – Vladimir Nabokov The Boston Marathon is sacred to many of us. You know who you are. Bob Hodge, for example. And me, too. Forty-five years ago, Bob Hodge, bib No. 1066, finished third in the Boston Marathon. Right behind Bill…
In the cookie of life, friends are the chocolate chips. – Salman Rushdie Cerberus is a vicious three-headed dog. Basically, my spirit animal. In Greek mythology, Cerberus (/ˈsɜːrbərəs/; Greek: Κέρβερος Kerberos [ˈkerberos]), often called the “hound of Hades”, is the monstrous multi-headed dog that guards the gates of the Underworld to prevent the dead from…
We’re all scared to death. I guess that’s the penalty we pay for living in a world where all the price tags end in 99 cents, and they sell mortuary plots on billboards next to the freeway. What you do is … is keep laughing. – Jim Rockford Remember “The Rockford Files”? Showing my age…
One of these times I’ll catch that perfect peak of a day, and when I blow away from the field there’ll be no catching me. – Tom Fleming LONG RUN FOR THE MONEY MARATHONERS EARNED AS MUCH AS A BUCK A STEP WHILE VYING FOR 100 GRAND IN L.A. By Kenny Moore for Sports Illustrated….
If you ask what is the single most important key to longevity, I would have to say it is avoiding worry, stress and tension. And if you didn’t ask me, I’d still have to say it. – George Burns Next-generation aging experiments have already led to findings that extend the life span of mice by…
“The night before I woke up, I had a nightmare that I didn’t finish the race…Just all the stress of this race, I don’t think I went to the well as much as I did in Chicago or Boston, as far as during the race. I was so nervous that I was going to mess…