It is Just a Damn Hard Race Gordon Cherr, I have been staring at the bedroom ceiling for a while now, wondering if I will ever move again. The ceiling fan goes around and around an unknown number of times, I think it is counterclockwise but I...
A VIEW FROM THE TOPTHE ROAD NOT TAKEN Gordon Cherr, Two roads diverged in a yellow wood,And sorry I could not travel bothAnd be one traveler, long I stoodAnd looked down one as far as I couldTo where it bent in the undergrowth.* Perhaps I should have...
A VIEW FROM THE TOP Jacksonville Beaches- Runs To Remember Gordon Cherr, We used to make a pilgrimage here once a year, it was many years ago. They had a race, it was only four miles long, but it was nasty. That’s why we came over here, leaving...
A VIEW FROM THE TOP Why the Wood Stork Sings at Dawn Gordon Cherr, It is an interesting phenomenon, I think. I see her (I am certain she is a female but have no objective reason to believe it) most mornings at around the same time. I have dropped off the...
A VIEW FROM THE TOPConnections – – The Black Mountain Marathon, 2011 Gordon Cherr, The secret of endurance isn’t so much a lesson as an imperative. You obey the dictates of the marathon. You cut your losses and keep on. You go numb,...
The 2010 PINE RUN AND HOW SWEET IT ALMOST WAS Gordon Cherr, I wanted to write about the 2010 edition of the Pine Run and about how sweet it was to be the race director. I wanted to write about taking nearly four months of weekends to figure out the best...