At the beginning of the season, college basketball coach Jim Valvano had an odd practice session. His team thought he was crazy. There were no plays to run. No drills.…
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It all started when the cast iron griddle fell off the shelf and onto my foot, striking just above my left big toe. No bones broke or fractured, but then…
The Boston Marathon takes place in April. For me, that meant training for it in the winter, in Montana, where it has been known to get a little chilly, with…
“It. Was. So. Much. Fun.” That was the first response – with an emphatic, whimsical pause between each word – when I asked runners what the Boston Marathon was like.…
The sour cream never had a chance. Innocently it waited in my refrigerator for the next potato- or nacho-based meal, which as a bachelor happened frequently. This particular day, I…
I was running out of time and ready to give up. Coasting easily to the finish sounded so tempting, and after 12 miles of a 13.1-mile half marathon, my legs…
In the long-term training to qualify for and then compete in the Boston Marathon, you learn a few things. About 10 years earlier, prior to making the commitment to run…
It seems counterintuitive. More cushioning should make for a softer landing. But as Christopher McDougall writes in his book Born To Run, that’s not always true. In a series of…