Archive For The “Running Free” Category
Nothing is more revealing than movement. All that is important is this one moment in movement. Make the moment important, vital, and worth living. Do not let it slip away unnoticed and unused. Think of the magic of that foot, comparatively small, upon which your whole weight rests. It’s a miracle, and the dance is…
For every runner who tours the world running marathons, there are thousands who run to hear the leaves and listen to the rain, and look to the day when it is suddenly as easy as a bird in flight. – George Sheehan My second favorite running magazine in the world is Mystical Miles in Holland. New…
A vigorous five-mile walk will do more good for an unhappy but otherwise healthy adult than all the medicine and psychology in the world. – Paul Dudley White My run is a walk. Striding as smooth as I can. Slow but going fast. * Pace is a problem. So important not to fall. All pain is…
This race report, doubtlessly for Track & Field News, arrived as a December 19, 2013 “memory” from Mark Zuckerberg. “Shared with the public.” Don’t remember being at the 1991 Cascade RunOff. Suppose it’s true. Don’t remember filing this story. Sounds like I wrote it. “Throwback Thursday,” Huh? Portland, Oregon, June 23 – I’ve sat in…
You never really know what it’s gonna be like until you get there, it’s going to be an unknown of what your body can do. Keep an open mind and know how much it’s going to hurt, and be prepared for that amount of pain. – Molly Seidel Tim Tays has produced a pitch-perfect audible…
“Cross-country taught me patience, adaptability, flexibility in training and calmness.” How did you get started with cross-country? I had reconstructive surgery on both feet at age 13 ( I am from New Zealand). One year later I joined the Otahuhu Athletic Club in a suburb of Auckland City. Track season was December-March. XC May-August…
“One kid ran right into a small tree branch and nearly decapitated himself. It was awesome.” How did you get your start in cross-country? September 1969. I started my freshman year at Lowell High School but only in name; in reality I was physically at the Edith Nourse Rogers School by the South Common and…
Felt good to get out of the house. Felt like a pilgrimage, to be honest with you. Felt like I was back among my people. Felt north Florida chilly. Bright sun. Got there of course a moment late and the women’s field, some 250 lasses in bright lycra kits came floating by like a stream…
The true runner is a very fortunate person. He has found something in him that is just perfect. – George Sheehan I am a lonely figure when I run the roads. People wonder how far I have come, how far I have to go. They see me alone and friendless on a journey that has…
If you don’t have a challenge, find one. – George Sheehan Dr. Tim Tays never reached the heights of running stardom, but that’s not what running is all about. How did you get your start in cross-country? I ran eighth-grade track and was immediately badly addicted to distance running. So, I ran ridiculous mileage the summer…