Archive For The “Running Free” Category
My basic philosophy can be summed up by an expression we use in Norwegian: hurry slowly. Get there, but be patient. – Grete Waitz Here’s an entry in the On The Road column for “The Bible of the Sport.” Track & Field News. July 1980. Waitz Has L’Eggs New York, June 1 – Grete. The…
(set to “Secret Agent Man.” Johnny Rivers. 1966) There’s a man who leads a life of dangerTo everyone he meets he’s not a strangerWith every move he makesAnother chance he takesOdds are he’ll only jog lightly tomorrow. Sub-2-hour ManSub-2-hour ManThey’ve given you a number and taken away your name. Beware of pretty races that you…
Everybody talks about the special secret shoes. What about the arm bands? – Barker Ajax by Toni Reavis (Set to Don McLean’s tune Vincent) Sub Two-Hour Man Pacers formed in reverse V form,As you tried for what was beyond the norm,On that run out on a misty Vienna day. Lasers on the road,Placed the pace for…
I don’t drink. I don’t kiss girls. These things do an athlete in. – Suleiman Nyambui Surprised by the archives, I stumble upon this COMMENTARY in Track & Field News (April 1981). And I am going to say something to the haters and the doubters, I have no recollection whatsoever what had me so agitated….
The dive deep down in the archive came up with this. Funny how slow these times seem now. Guess that’s why they call it progress. – JDW October edition of the Bible of the Sport, Track & Field News. Quax Flies To 2:10:47 Eugene, Oregon. September 7 – Is it possible to wing a 2:10…
So, I wake to the news that Alberto Salazar has been banned from the sport we both love for four years. Which seems like a long time to me and not nearly long enough for many of my friends. Thinking wouldn’t it be nice if the sport became drug-free. Combine a couple slogans maybe. Just…
The Amazing Recovery of Richard Dodd by Paul C. Maurer Richard Dodd stood at the edge of the icy river ready to end his life. The jump wouldn’t be far, no more than 10 feet; surely the fall itself wouldn’t kill him. It was clear the unforgiving river would perform the task in a numbing…
By Mike Fanelli I’ve never really written about this, but, was prompted to do so by an old timey running bud that I bumped into a few days ago. We had not seen each other in quite some years. He asked the inevitable question, “so, you still runnin’?” To which I automatically reply, “every damn…
Inverness, Florida. 8 a.m. in the morning. Hot and humid in the shade. We can now close the books on The 15th Annual Citrus Summer Showdown 5K Cross Country Run. “One of the Best Off-Road Races in Florida. Whispering Pines Park offers a course of mostly nature trails under a tree canopy that provides nice…
Always good to count your blessings. – B.H. When did you start running and why? I was a Frosh in high school Phys. Ed. The teacher suggested I try out for cross country when he saw my speed on the base paths in our pick-up baseball games. Of course, I had no idea what XC…