Giving Thanks(Giving)

A View from the TopGiving Thanks(Giving)   Gordon Cherr,   The run starts for me, as usual, at the break of day. Two blocks then past the unmanned guard station, to the Atlantic beach. The beach is deserted for miles but for the hardcore surfers, just...

I am That Runner

A View from the TopI am That Runner   Gordon Cherr,   I Am That Runner I am that runner you see every morning on your drive to work. Or on your way home. I am that runner you see rain or shine, hot or cold, winter, summer, autumn, springtime. I am that...

Musings

A View from the TopMusings   Gordon Cherr,    It was 10 years ago this week when I had ankle and knee surgery, and the ankle surgery left me with a staph infection (sometimes diagnosed as MRSA) in my left ankle. It was a terrible few months which has...

‘Dillo on the Half Shell

A View from the Top’Dillo On The Half Shell   Gordon Cherr,   Another spring into summer here in the deep South and I am astounded, as usual, about all the carnage of crunched and crushed critters I see all over the roads. I usually stop and try to...

Running the Big River

  A View from the TopRunning the Big River   Gordon Cherr,   The beauty of Torreya State Park is unmistakable and literally unmatched on this earth. It has deep, dark swampy ravines, alligators and wild pigs and bears, and while I have never seen them,...

Blue

A View from the TopBLUE   Gordon Cherr,   “Blue”, she said. “His name is Blue.” Which I found interesting because he was a pure white little pony. I was running up the big hill that borders the Interstate at Thornton Road and...