Honolulu, HI – Today, 8 December 2022, marks Toya and my 20th wedding anniversary, a day for celebration and remembrance. Memorably married barefoot on the beach at… Read more “20 YEAR WEDDING ANNIVERSARY!”
Category: Travels with Toni
MOTHER’S DAY MEMORY 2022
The big plane shuddered as its flaps lowered and caught the rushing air, jostling me from an uneven sleep. Moments later, the landing gear locked, with a… Read more “MOTHER’S DAY MEMORY 2022”
REMEMBERING SAMMY WANJIRU
I was headed to bed last night when I came across Professor Sean Hartnett’s Facebook tribute to the great Kenyan marathon runner Sammy Wanjiru, who passed on this May 15th… Read more “REMEMBERING SAMMY WANJIRU”
ON THE ROAD: BAHIR DAR TO LALIBELA, ETHIOPIA
As we all continue to shelter at home in the time of coronavirus, I’ve been going back through my old journals that log the many travels I… Read more “ON THE ROAD: BAHIR DAR TO LALIBELA, ETHIOPIA”
SUB 2:10 BONANZA IN 2019
Kahana, Maui – The 2019 marathon year is all but complete, and it has been historic, to say the least. While the men’s world record withstood a… Read more “SUB 2:10 BONANZA IN 2019”
NUN JACKED
As we head back to Hawaii for the 2019 Honolulu Marathon and Waikiki Merrie Mile, I recall another such trip 30 years ago when travel was quite… Read more “NUN JACKED”
FINAL TRACK SESSION FOR WINTER TRAINING CAMP
Chula Vista, CA. – With a roll of low-lying fog still clinging to the hillsides, and valleys along the U.S. – Mexico border, the final track workout… Read more “FINAL TRACK SESSION FOR WINTER TRAINING CAMP”
“THE TASTE FOR FATIGUE”
(21 Dec. 2018) Today, in this season to be jolly, we wish a happy 74th birthday to famed Italian Coach Renato Canova, who has prepared many a… Read more ““THE TASTE FOR FATIGUE””
HOT CARS ON A COOL EVENING IN OREBRO
Late on a soft summer’s evening in June 1985, we arrived in the town of Örebro, Sweden a little over halfway between Oslo and Stockholm as we… Read more “HOT CARS ON A COOL EVENING IN OREBRO”
TO ASELA, ETHIOPIA – SEARCHING FOR DOCTOR YILMA
(From a long, long time ago, when travel called and we answered readily, “drinking life to the lees”, as Tennyson would have it.) Meki, Ethiopia – At… Read more “TO ASELA, ETHIOPIA – SEARCHING FOR DOCTOR YILMA”
WANDERING IN A RUNNING WORLD 