Archive For The “Running Free” Category
Pear Blossom Festival parade marshals have included Governor Holmes (1957), John F. Kennedy (1960), and Frank Shorter (1977) who led over 650 participants in the festival’s first annual mini-marathon. Think January, 2023. Gainesville, Florida. The Florida Track Club’s 50th anniversary after-party. I am having a private one-on-one conversation with Frank Shorter. He’s a good listener….
The Purple Runner, as far as running-themed novels go, is one of the top three or four stories that speak to serious runners in the language that is accurate and captures the essence of daily training and the runner’s life. – Christopher Kelsall P.J. (Paul) Christman has given us a new book, one many of…
The way I see it, if you want the rainbow, you got to put up with the rain. – Dolly Parton Not even a hat. That’s me, in the white jacket and red pants on the right. The tall guy. Standing next to my girlfriend, who went on to marry a doctor. Really loved that young…
The older I get, the more I am starting to believe ‘there is no finish line’ is true. Destined To Be A Collector’s Treasure Hair flowing, Bill Scobey in Dolfin shorts on the beach in classic Nikes. If you had to save an image of running in amber, that would be a contender. David D….
“I didn’t like the marathon because I wasn’t good at it. My best distance was right around an hour, or 20K. Had there been an Olympic 20K berth, I would have made the team. The 10k was a little short for me, and the marathon was far too long.” When did you start running and…
“What is the essence of life? To serve others and to do good.” – Aristotle Convinced the wonderful communications staff at the Boston Marathon I really am a running journalist of sorts, so basking in a variety of frequent press releases. It’s a good thing. This month the B.A.A. will hold a special event to…
If you can fill the unforgiving minute, with sixty seconds’ worth of distance run, Yours is the Earth and everything that’s in it, and – which is more – you’ll be a Man, my son! – Rudyard Kipling The Masters Runner By Steve Trew The athlete was old now, very old. He had run and competed…
The music of a marathon is a powerful strain, one of those tunes of glory. It asks us to forsake pleasures, to discipline the body, to find courage, to renew faith, and to become one’s own person, utterly and completely. – George Sheehan Ethiopia’s Tigist Assefa, erstwhile 800m specialist, obliterated the women’s marathon world record…
My feelings for Kenny as a friend were only exceeded by my amazement that one person could be so gifted in two different venues. There was that magic he made with words and then the physical/mental package that allowed him to run faster and longer than all but two or three other people on planet…
All I want to do is drink beer and train like an animal. – Rod Dixon Think it was 1980, in Purchase, New York, at the headquarters of a carbonated beverage company, when Rod Dixon and I first crossed paths. He was an invited athlete and I was happy just to get in the door….