(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””
Category: Travels with Toni
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”
BAD SANTA 2
Times were lean in 1974. In fact, it had been a rough year all around. In the first months of that annus horribilis, the Arab oil embargo… Read more “BAD SANTA 2”
THE NEED FOR INTENTIONALITY
Lahaina, Maui – Walking along Wahikuli Wayside Park, water to my right, the island of Lanai rising like a whale’s hump off the coast. Not too different, really,… Read more “THE NEED FOR INTENTIONALITY”
AMERICAN MASTER MEB SAYS SO LONG
On that bright but chilly (38°F) November morning, I had the catbird seat aboard the NBC lead men’s TV motorcycle as the 2002 New York City… Read more “AMERICAN MASTER MEB SAYS SO LONG”
REMEMBERING MIKE & ZANE
Davenport, IA. – I am in the Quad Cities this weekend for the 43rd QC Times Bix 7 Road Race, this year doubling as the USATF 7… Read more “REMEMBERING MIKE & ZANE”
REMEMBERING SAMMY WANJIRU FIVE YEARS AFTER
As might be expected in any nation with a talent pool as vast as theirs, Kenyans continue to debate the makeup of their 2016 Rio Olympic… Read more “REMEMBERING SAMMY WANJIRU FIVE YEARS AFTER”
SUFFERING ADVANCING AGE
With news of rock icon David Bowie’s passing on Monday in New York City at age 69, I am reminded of a recent lament from a friend… Read more “SUFFERING ADVANCING AGE”
HARD CUTS
In Tracksmith’s inaugural quarterly, Meter, there was a fine story about what’s called ‘fell running’ in Northern England, which author Andy Waterman described as “a lot like… Read more “HARD CUTS”