Archive For The “Running Free” Category
I think Paul was more like Pre than Pre wanted to admit. – Steve Bence I am old enough to remember when Paul Geis showed up. Just like those old cowboy movies, where the ambitious youngster rides into town, looking to prove who’s the fastest gunslinger around. And ALL the townspeople – I mean everybody…
It’s been amazing. I mean, we’ve just been killing it throughout the whole season. We knew what our goal was from the start, and it was just about putting in the hard work and winning. – Keegan Geldean of the victorious Cougars. WHAT IS NXN? The Nike Cross Nationals is comprised of eight Regional Qualifying…
In fitness and in love, it’s not about the finish line, it’s about the journey. – Unknown Introducing The Hendersons Words and photographs from Susan. The handwriting is on the wall, in large capital letters: The glory days are behind us, way behind us. But as prolific distance runners and competitors in the day—30 marathons for me…
I’ve always said that I will never let an old person into my body. That is, I don’t believe in ‘thinking’ old. Don’t program yourself to break down as you age with thoughts that decline is inevitable. – Wayne Dyer Imagine you are a little boy trapped in an old man’s body. Aged lady across…
I know he’s a terrific person and so is Jill, his wife. Just terrific. He’s a great fishing guide. Took me out once, I caught a great bass. Pure fun! Oh yeah, we’re going to support Dick. – Bill Rodgers This just in from Mike Dunlap. You probably know Mike best as the co-host of…
Don’t know what it sold for, don’t care. What I care about is unworthy poseurs taking credit for others’ ideas. Ken Kesey at the ’80 Olympic Trials, Edward Abbey and Indigenous marathoners and, most definitely, Dr. Hunter S. Thompson at the 1980 Honolulu Marathon – all ideas presented to Nike BEFORE they purchased the magazine….
It’s not what you once did that counts the most, but what you keep doing. – John Kelley The Elder So slow, looking like a living fossil…. Closed a note to Benji Durden – “36 degrees at dawn. No snow.” Response – “We were 7.2° overnight and we have warmed to 8.2° now. It will…
It will be interesting if a woman makes the men’s world champs qualifying standard, and an American man doesn’t? – Tom Raynor The Petition – says to me – 2:09:56 is itself prima facie evidence of fraud. ‘No effin’ way that’s legit. Hell, anybody can see that’ for you non-legal-types. Which reminded me of the…
“WADA is now aware of at least three cases where athletes who had committed serious anti-doping rule violations were allowed to continue to compete for years while they acted as undercover agents for USADA, without it notifying WADA and without there being any provision allowing such a practice under the (global) code or USADA’s own rules,” WADA said in a…
Small disciplines repeated with consistency every day lead to great achievements gained slowly over time. – John C. Maxwell On Nov 12, 2024, at 10:08 AM, Stephen DeBoer wrote: Greetings fellow high mileage running enthusiasts: I am going to make an effort to compile that 100K list I mentioned doing last winter. I have come up…