Optimal arousal level By Gary Droze If you compare the starting line atmosphere of a local high school distance race to that of a community event populated by adults, one distinction strikes you immediately: boy howdy are those kids ever stimulated! Between the goofy...
Running problems By Fred Deckert Running hazards come in a number of forms. There are always dogs, which can definitely ruin your day by sampling your fast and slow twitch muscles. We learn to avoid routes where they present a difficulty, but there are always nasty...
Running affirms life By Fred Deckert I find this a difficult column to write. Our normal subject matter seems so trivial after the events of the past week. The day you read this it will be one week after a terrible event in our history. But, most of us have found that...
Eat a hearty breakfast (later) By Gary Droze Some terms are naturally paired: death and taxes, mom and apple pie, running and throwing up. Gulf Winds Track Club race director Felton Wright must have had that last pair in mind when he decided to call this...
Running a reciprocal sport By Lisa Unger Most of us are familiar with the word reciprocal. Webster’s Dictionary defines it as; “returning the same way; shared, felt or shown by both sides; consisting of, or functioning as a return in kind; and mutually...
Special athletes humbling By Dana Stetson The triathletes I met at the ITU World Triathlon Championship in Edmonton, Canada were all incredible athletes. They had to be, since you had to qualify to be there. But, the group that I really got to know best, the...
