December 1997. After a decent but rough-finding 3-wood drive on the Mid Pac Country Club’s 378-yard par 4 ninth — a deceptively long and testy hole that,… Read more “GOLF SHOT”
Category: Journal Entries
“HAPPY WEDNESDAY” AT DUFF’S
This isn’t a running story other than I ran that day. In fact, I did a rare double. But running isn’t central to the memory, though perhaps… Read more ““HAPPY WEDNESDAY” AT DUFF’S”
WHEN WORLD CROSS FIRST CAME TO POLAND
Tomorrow, Poland will host the IAAF World Cross Country Championships for a third time, the second in four years in the city of Bydgoszcz. But in 1987… Read more “WHEN WORLD CROSS FIRST CAME TO POLAND”
FELIX LIMO’S “HOUSE OF UGALI”
The night after the 2000 Carlsbad 5000 a number of athletes, Elite Racing staffers and friends had gathered at the Red Sea Ethiopian Restaurant in San… Read more “FELIX LIMO’S “HOUSE OF UGALI””
BOB BRIGHT: AFTER 25 YEARS NOTHING HAS CHANGED
The following is a response to my last post TRACK ATHLETES IN SEARCH OF ALAN LADD which outlined the political wranglings at last weekend’s Aviva London Grand… Read more “BOB BRIGHT: AFTER 25 YEARS NOTHING HAS CHANGED”
HATE RUNS
In loving memory of our dear friend, Jim “Jason” Kehoe who passed away at his home in Hull, Massachusetts Sunday June 3, 2012 of natural causes… Read more “HATE RUNS”
THE CULTURE OF RUNNING IN EAST AFRICA
Take away that they have grown up at an altitude higher than the New York Yankees salary cap, and cut the air like six-inch stilettos, one… Read more “THE CULTURE OF RUNNING IN EAST AFRICA”
9/11 RUNNING REMEMBRANCE
The 24th Philadelphia Distance Run was scheduled for Sunday September 16, 2001. Our TV crew had planned to fly east on Thursday the 13th after completing our… Read more “9/11 RUNNING REMEMBRANCE”
NEEDLES & NEEDLES
I was at the doctor’s office this week to get some minor stitches in my arm. As he approached with his hypodermic, the doctor and I got to talking. … Read more “NEEDLES & NEEDLES”
BLAME ENOUGH TO GO AROUND
On Friday October 9, 2009 I awoke in Chicago to the news that President Barrack Obama had been awarded the Nobel Peace Prize. Though he had… Read more “BLAME ENOUGH TO GO AROUND”
