Archive For The “Running Free” Category
Get a good idea and stay with it. Dog it, and work at it until it’s done right. – Walt Disney Like all my work, well, maybe, not all, the following is a true story. What amuses me now and struck me then as strange, was the guy who asked the question – he seemed…
History is one long processional of crazy ideas. – Phil Knight Does that make me a historian? I still dream of Nike, almost forty years after I ran away. Dream about working for Nike. Last night, I was trying to wrap a banana box full of high priority fan mail and omniscient instructions for Tinker Hatfield,…
Frank Shorter, Jack Bacheler and myself came to Florida in 1970 from different areas and different careers. All three of us qualified for the 1972 Munich Olympics and competed in dozens of international events. As others joined us we became National Champions and had a lot of great experiences. – Jeff Galloway Knew I was…
Courage, sacrifice, determination, commitment, toughness, heart, talent, guts. That’s what little girls are made of; the heck with sugar and spice. – Bethany Hamilton Cleaning my desk top, I came across these notes. My Mom finally – eventually – died – passed away – [eight] years ago today and I find myself somewhat incredulous. A…
You said I was weak. You said I couldn’t do it. Thank you. You gave me everything I needed to prove you wrong. – Steve Prefontaine Eugene. Rented a car, drove south on I-5 with a retired long-haul trucker who hasn’t talked to me since. He too is a philosopher with multiple personalities and we…
“I don’t know where the limits are, but I would like to go there.” I subscribe to The Sports Examiner. Informative and run by an original gangster of running journalism, Rich Perelman. This introduction is his. Kenyan icon Eliud Kipchoge’s stunning 2:01:09 world-record marathon in Berlin included two en-route world bests, one of which shattered a…
Every life is worthy and every life is capable of greatness. We have an obligation to make sure that opportunity for greatness is there. – Covert Bailey It is a strange place. A strange place indeed. Reno seems an unlikely location to host a health and fitness seminar. Yet some four hundred of us spent…
The symbol of the journey reflects our state, for man is surely on the move toward something. Many of us sense that our human race is on a tightrope and that we must keep moving or fall into the abyss. – Michael Murphy, Golf in the Kingdom. Somebody mentioned Gookinaid and bam! I remembered I…
Think time capsule. 1995. A cabin near the Siuslaw river, deep in the woods, no television, no paper, but I had a phone. Apparently a few long calls and a couple of the real good guys gave me some time and taught me something about running. Successful distance running is most easily achieved with the…
Should have thought of him sooner. Much sooner. I was talking to a pioneer, looking for a comment on today’s running technology. I distinctly remember being grateful for Gookinaid, she offered. And the moment she said that, I realized I had forgotten about Bill Gookin. An article titled “Fatigue, Dehydration and Activity Drinks” appeared in…