By David Yon On a cool gray morning while many runners remained in bed Tim Unger and Lisa Whitworth led the Veterans Day Classic 10K winning the men and women’s titles in times of 36:05 and 44:25, respectively. Tim Unger led the whole way and won comfortably...
Mental toughness By Gary Droze One of the trickiest concepts in distance running is that of mental toughness. Anybody with experience in road races or track meets intuitively realizes that physical conditioning alone does not account for racing success. This...
Women’s Distance Festival, By David YonIt is a special sight watching 124 women take off on their own 5k quest – many with a goal to make sure that none of the men starting 10 minutes behind them catch up. Most succeeded in that goal as they all joined the...
Stopwatch tells the truth By Fred Deckert When Dylan Thomas wrote “Rage, rage against the dying of the light,” he was probably not thinking of running or athletic problems. But, paraphrasing him, “Rage, rage against the slowing of the pace”...
Every Run is What You Make It Gordon Cherr, At low tide, the beach strand at Dog Island is hard packed, mostly level and perfect for running. Not that I expected to find myself out here. Well…er…correction, anywhere I go is perfect for running or...
