An Awesome Autumn in the Mountains: Dupont Forest Trail Marathon By Gordon Cherr “Just imagine how it feels . . . . the cool mist surrounds me.On the mountain top as I reach to touch the cloudsI breathe in the cool, crisp, refreshing air.It...
Hurricane Running By Gordon Cherr, I am, as always, glued to the Weather Channel, clock watching. You know, ten minutes before the hour is the “Tropical Update”, and God knows that the tropics have had plenty to be updated about this summer....
Western States 100 Trail Run By Gordon Cherr “The experience of suffering is like the experience of finding something unexpected and revelatory. When you find the outermost thresholds of pain, or fear, or uncertainty, what you experience afterward...
Running Coconut Grove By Gordon Cherr The sign loomed large over I-95 in Dade County. It proclaimed in colorfully bold letters at least 12 feet tall, the following message to all travelers southbound on the interstate: “CALL MR. BIDET FOR A REALLY...
Some Things I Learned (or Remembered) on the LONG Road to Oak Mountain By Gordon Cherr I have been training specifically for the Oak Mountain 50K, which will be run in Birmingham on March 20. It has been a very long time for me, maybe more than two...
Slipping Her Earthly Bonds By Gordon Cherr I woke her from a sound sleep, her warm little body nestled deep in the covers of Corey’s old bed, where she always had found her deepest sleeps. Without much of the usual protest I carried her outside. It...
