Taking a Tumble
A little over a week ago, the morning after a long day in the car following two weeks at the lake, I chose to go for a run. The […]
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More Alike Than Different
Maybe you’ve seen the iPhone commercial featuring Maya Angelou reciting her beautiful poem, “Human Family.” Some people seem to think that the use of the poem to sell iPhones somehow […]
Small Efforts in Response to Big Things
One day last week, the day after I finished listening to an audio version of Ta-Nehisi Coates’s book “Between the World and Me,” I went for a run. Truth be […]
A bear, finally.
We’ve had our cabin in the Adirondacks for five years this month. The town where we are is Long Lake, which is smack in the middle of the park and […]
Accidental Trail Run
The other day I was scheduled for a long run, the longest of this training season so far, and I wasn’t looking forward to it. I’m up at the lake […]
Falling Forward
Yesterday was my last day of work. Again. Each time I’ve been invited to work at Swarthmore College, the offer has felt like a lifeline. The first time, over ten […]
Call to Arms
I try to resist making New Year’s resolutions, but while running on New Year’s Day, I was not immune to thoughts of who I am versus who I want to […]
Tune in or Turn Off?
This week’s long run brought to you by the Adirondack Mountains: Where All Roads Lead to Hills. I’m not going to say much about yesterday’s long run except that a). […]
Failure Is An Option. But Quitting Is Not.
In her article in the September 2013 issue of National Geographic, Hannah Bloch, writes of the value of failure in furthering exploration. Bloch highlighted George Mallory who attempted Everest in […]
Pain is Temporary. And Necessary.
Usually, I like my runs to be loops, growing ever larger as I increase the distance, but for this week’s 12-miler, I chose an out and back route on a […]
