Because I was going to be in Memphis around St. Patrick’s Day, I decided to arrive a day early and enter the half marathon in Germantown on the southeast side of the city. And because she will travel nearly anywhere for a […]
Yesterday, my friend Deb and I were scheduled to do 10 miles in preparation for our half marathon in just a couple of weeks. (Yes our training is off, but we needed at least one 10-miler before the race.) We started at […]
My training for the Germantown Half Marathon in Memphis on St. Patrick’s Day is a little bit off. A combination of bad weather, sore ankle and, well, a bad attitude, all contributed to affect my mileage. So, I was a little bit […]
For a few months now, I’ve had periodic sharp pain in the center of my right ankle. At times it turns into a continuous dull ache. Sudden jarring movements cause the most pain though I sometimes wake in the middle of the night with […]
I admit it — I read Runner’s World. (I’m still a walker, but since there is no WALK! Magazine anymore…) Today I read an article by one of the columnists about his running his first half marathon. It was a nice story. But at […]
This is the first full episode of the WALK Podcast! I know, finally, right? 001_012413_WALK_Columbus_Marathon Click this link. (It takes a moment or two for the file to open.) In this episode, my friend Deb Chenault and I talk about walking the […]
This is the Introductory Episode of the WALK Podcast. Basically, that means it isn’t a full episode, it is a short explanation of what to expect in future episodes. The next episode is already recorded and should be posted soon. This episode […]
Crossing a busy street recently made me think about Canadian racewalkers, and I just had to smile. In 2007 I found the walking section of Canada’s Running Room/Walking Room online forums. The members of the forum were avid and accomplished walkers and […]
For many years I did not make resolutions. My theory was, no one ever keeps them, so why even bother. Then I did some reading about goal setting. It seems that people who set concrete measurable goals are much more successful than […]
The last few years I have started the new year with a race. The past two years I’ve done the Run Cbus race in downtown Columbus. But this year, the Buckeye Striders decided to switch back to the First on the First […]
