Archive For The “Running Free” Category
Wamble (verb): to twist and turn; to wriggle; to roll over. To wobble, to totter, to waver; to walk with an unsteady gait. To move unsteadily. Not all who wamble are lost. We are rolling top-speed along the Currier & Ives Scenic By-Way. Frankly, this adventure was something of a fantasy come true. Or as…
In old age one writes, if at all, what one can. – Larry McMurtry, Literary Life. If you have no idea what happened at the 2023 Boston Marathon, then this will all be new to you. If you are wondering what has taken me so long, all I can say is, I was overwhelmed by…
A Gathering of Eagles, which I think began as the Golden Anniversary celebration of the 1973 Boston marathon, meshed with The Bill Squires Invitational Memorial. What a party. Like fantasy camp. These athletes were on the covers of big magazines when magazines were big. Small room, many greats, their loved ones and me. Hey, I was invited.
The ‘Logan Roy School of Journalism’? What’s next, the ‘Jack The Ripper Women’s Health Clinic’? – Ewan Roy As the world prepared for the 1996 Atlanta Olympics, I was a sub rosa consultant to the CEO of a major shoe company. I was, as so often happened, somewhat impecunious, and he was willing to send…
Janet raced her debut marathon in 1970, among the first one hundred women in the history of the world to finish an official marathon race.
To wear dreams on one’s feet is to begin to give a reality to one’s dreams. – Roger Vivier One thing for folks to be upset about doping or athlete abuse. Completely understand. Almost completely agree. We can talk about one company bigfooting the sport. For good or evil. We can do that later. Now,…
It might be the greatest victory of this city and the world running community that the marathon bombings a decade ago had far from an overwhelming presence in Monday’s race. – New York Times IF mementoes could talk… Well, they do, don’t they? I flew Jet Blue, one of the best flights of my life….
I thought about how many preconceived notions would crumble when I trotted along for 26 miles. – Bobbi Gibb My Personal Boston history A woman got me started. 1972, I saw that Nina Kuscsik became the first official women’s winner of the Boston Marathon. Figured if this “shapely” mother, older than me, could do it,…
DISPATCH FROM THE ROLLING STONED SPORTS DESK Started this life of running by accident. Few weeks later I saw that Nina Kuscsik became the first official women’s winner of the Boston Marathon. Figured if this “shapely” mother, older than me, could do it, then so could I. First ran the Boston Marathon the next year….
If I ever wrote a book, promised myself I’d release it at the Boston Marathon. When Running Was Young and So Were We came out in 2014, and I went to Don Kardong’s Bloomsday Run completely on the other side of the country. Seemed entirely wrong to celebrate on the first anniversary of the Boston…