No t-shirt option By Fred Deckert Is it time to retire the T-Shirt as a race entry staple? Probably not for awhile, but it has become so commonplace as to seem a race entry requirement. For those of us who have been running and racing for years, shelf space for more...
San Diego a blast By Bob Rubanowice I just returned from a running vacation in San Diego.The fourth annual Suzuki Rock’N’Roll Marathon is the 6th largest in the United States and 9th largest in the world. The atmosphere is party, party, party!A 26-mile...
Dance with the one that brung ya By Gary Griffin There’s a cliché in team sports: “You gotta dance with the one that brung ya’.” Translated, that means you don’t make changes to your team or your strategy late in the season. Whatever and...
Learning to meet goals By Dana Stetson Until a few months ago, I always thought a PC triathlete was one who didn’t call females “chicks”. Now, I know better. PC stands for physically challenged. About three months ago Kathy McDaris, race director for...
Anyone up for “playing” track? By Gary Droze Notwithstanding those bumper stickers that gruffly announce “TRACK: THE SPORT YOU DON’T PLAY,” room exists for a more frolicsome approach to the sport whose essence is routinely prescribed as...
“I wish I could do that!” By Fred Deckert “I wish I could do that.” Words I’ve heard many times from someone who thought they were explaining why they couldn’t run or jog. Usually pursuing this statement to it’s root cause is an exercise in frustration...
