Yearly Archives: 2012


Hope for our future

“Everybody knows”, huh?  So there’s still hope for those of us who’s college days really ARE long forgotten?: […]


I prefer the beach

And instead of Yaktrax, they strap little sawblades to their shoes: (“Long Distance Log”, February, 1956)


Emil Zatopek on running form

Emil Zatopek‘s running form earned him the nicknames “Emil the Terrible” and “the Czech Locomotive”. Still, he managed […]



Link farm: March 28, 2012

My friend Blaine Moore is doing this thing for Camp Sunshine in Maine this month where he runs 1 mile on […]



Headin’ for the Hills

Traditionally, today is a very busy day on the Boston Marathon course.  With only three weeks to go […]