Altitude Attitude

A View from the TopAltitude Attitude   Gordon Cherr,   Visiting in Colorado, from sea level in Florida. Then we will be driving to New Mexico and back to Colorado. I go out for a run from where we are staying, just outside of Boulder. Hey, why don’t my...

Boston Marathon 2013

A View From the Top – April 16, 2013  I complained because I had no shoes until I met a man that had no feet” (Proverb)   Gordon Cherr,   I was going to write about beautiful, glorious Torreya. Incredible north Florida springtime, blue skies, wild...

Carolina in My Mind

A View from the Top Carolina In My Mind   Gordon Cherr,   Dark and silent late last night I think I might have heard the highway calling Geese in flight and dogs that bite Signs that might be omens say I’m going, I’m going I’m goin’...

Some Not Too Random Thoughts on Running Shoes and Injuries

A View from the TopSome Not Too Random Thoughts About Running Shoes And Injuries   Gordon Cherr,   When I started running in high school (’64-’67), we had these light rubber and canvas shoes. No support, no nothing, zero heel drop (the term...

A Recollection of Pain

A View from the TopA Recollection of Pain   Gordon Cherr,    . . . . but we also rejoice in our sufferings, because we know that suffering produces perseverance; perseverance produces character; and character produces hope. And hope does not disappoint us . ....

Hello Darkness My Old Friend

Hello Darkness My Old Friend I’ve Come to Talk With You Again*   Gordon Cherr,   The Atlantic Coast, long before sunrise. I like the dark. Running down the beach strand, your footsteps are silent, little sound in the sand, what sound there is overcome...