What Dogs Know

WHAT DOGS KNOW   Gordon Cherr,   The complaints were so many this morning, rising pre-dawn, in the cold, fumbling around in the dark trying to find my shoes and socks, hoping for some not too old left over microwaved coffee that would get my wheels spinning...

A Very Short History of Getting Chicked in Tallahassee

A Very Short History Of Getting Chicked In Tallahassee   Gordon Cherr,   I hung out at the two mile mark at the Women’s Distance Festival yesterday. Actually, I was doing traffic control and blocking traffic at some “Nene” somewhere out...

Good Day Sunshine

GOOD DAY-SUNSHINE   Gordon Cherr,   “Hope you got your things together.Hope you are quite prepared to die.Looks like we’re in for nasty weather.One eye is taken for an eye.” (Credence Clearwater Revival, Bad Moon Rising) Gary Griffin is...

Racing Torreya

A View From The Top – Racing Torreya   By Gordon Cherr,   I’ve run the trails of Torreya a time or two, you know. Swampy lowlands bathed in emerald green grasses even in the dead of winter, uplands so high you can look north and see the foothills...

Some Random Musings on the GWTC

Some Random Musings on the GWTC 30K   By Gordon Cherr,   Race directors Jerry and Jackie McDaniel’s recent GWTC 30K, and the great success that it was, certainly got me thinking about many of the great race courses where the 30K has been held and of...

Racing the Moon

Racing The Moon   By Gordon Cherr   She showed up not quite unexpectedly the other night, in the trees and leaves rustling amid the cool autumn breeze, in the backyard. I had not seen her in a while, or maybe I had but simply had not noticed her. But her...