Gary Griffin, NY Times writer Kirk Johnson begins his book entitled “To the Edge – A Man, Death Valley and the Mystery of Endurance” (in which he describes his year of preparation for the 135 mile Badwater Ultramarathon), in this way: “At 4:30 on a Sunday in...
David Yon, Muddy Buddy, I started a journey where precise distance was unknown, whose rules I poorly understood and whose obstacles I did not fathom. Along the way I found great fun, camaraderie and a challenge. But most of all I found good fun.Before I tell this...
Times Remembered – Beginnings Mary Jean Yon, The first time I ever tried running as my sport, it just didn’t work. It might have had something to do with my technique. I’d wait until the evening twilight hours, wolf down dinner and then bolt out the door and...
The Statewide Runner – Exploring What Florida Has to Offer by Foot By Sheryl Rosen, I haven’t lived in very many places in Florida, but I’ve traveled around our sunny peninsula enough to know Tallahassee is a runner’s paradise. With the St. Marks Trail to the...
AND THEN THE VULTURE ATE ME Gordon Cherr, It was an odd spring into summer here this year, don’t you think? We had a rather mild winter (even for Tallahassee), then a warm start to spring. My gardens started out fast, kind of like a quarter miler...
