Not a lot of runners remember a day when we didn’t run without nutrition, a nutrition belt, water, music, or, a Garmin. I am one of the few who does remember. Here are three ways we would measure our run distance: One, we would use car to map out distances with the odometer creating an […]
Every day the old woman comes out and rearranges empty clay pots filled with dirty rainwater and dead June bugs into disorganized positions. After, she sits on the doorstep looking up into the sun, lights up another cigarette and says, “I’m going back there tomorrow.” This is her only moment. In the sun. This […]
Yesterday’s Story: What I love about marathoning is that you never quite know how the story will end. You can anticipate, you can wish, and you can hope, but an injury, poor weather conditions, or poor training can change that story. We didn’t have bad weather yesterday. I didn’t have bad training. In fact, some […]
present 1 |ˈprezənt| adjective 1 [ predic. ] (of a person) in a particular place; being, existing, or occurring at this time or now; current: In my opinion, the key to success is the willingness to be present, to simply show up. Every day. This lovely lady has been present in my life since I was 13 ½ years old. She has been caring for […]
I remember seeing him out there in the field. I remember when he told me about the time he and she had a fight and how it lasted for two days. He spoke of how she lay with her back facing him, of how they spent that night in a sleepless brawl. He thought about […]
I live in a small red house upon a hill in the back of the trees with coyotes, hawks, wildflowers, old leaves in a small town around the corner from you.
Twenty-three years ago my father died on this day. I miss him very much. He died of poor health due to his diet and heavy drinking. He was 68. I remember the times he drank, and I hate that those days are still so vivid. He ended his evenings passed out, slouched over on the […]
I woke up early this morning, walked downstairs, plunked myself on the couch, and sat quietly in a dimly, lit room. The light had an air of murkiness, a dulling, squinting glare mimicking the world’s immense anguish over yesterday’s Las Vegas tragedy. A yellowing air. It was isolating. I felt lost on how to feel. […]
Something’s creeping in my body. I’m not sure what it is, but it’s definitely pain. In my hip, my groin – what a horrible word. I tell myself it’s a muscle strain, but my brain wants to deflect. It wants to shout out negative diagnosis such as a hip fracture. It wants to darken any […]
On a Summer’s day We choked upon his secret place We walked into an unveiling cry He accepted life off a bridge His conclusion to a why On a Summer’s day Life offered temporary despair A contract of permanent solution I cry guilty […]
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