A Week in the Life By Gordon Cherr Sunday, July 31: “Life in the fast laneSurely make you lose your mindLife in the fast lane, everything all the timeLife in the fast lane, uh huhBlowin’ and burnin’, blinded by thirstThey didn’t...
What Deams May Say By Gordon Cherr I am running so easily, you see, effortlessly up and down the hills in Eastgate, without a care in the world. It is a bright sunny day, the colors around are all vibrant and electric, my legs are pumping powerfully like...
“Where does the power come from, to see the race to its end?” Eric Liddell, Missionary and Olympic Champion ************************************************************************************************************** Who is Claudia...
Saddlebags, Butts, Buttes and Fun Among the Saguaro: Running Tucson By Gordon Cherr Several years ago I had the chance to visit Arizona. It was too hot to run and I did not want the beckoning desert to become my personal Raid Gauloise, nor did I care to...
Notable Quotables By Gordon Cherr Several years ago, I happened by chance upon a marvelous quote by John Medinger, a noted ultra runner, regarding his performance at the Wasatch 100 mile run, in 2000: “Executive summary: It was fun. It was...
Going to Run All Night By Gordon Cherr “Going To Run All Night,” by Harry Sylvester, was written in 1944. It was a short story about a soldier who was also an ex-marathon runner, therefore chosen by his commanding officer to carry a message,...
