Month: July 2020

Consider yourself lucky if you have a friend that goes above and beyond.  Linda and I count ourselves fortunate to call Dr. Bill Weeks a friend, but much  more than … Read More

Between 2008 and  2012 Team Nebraska Brooks was one of the top USATF Elite Development Clubs in the United States.  I miss athletics (post collegiate track and field) in Nebraska.  I … Read More

Nebraska Run Guru Elite, Inc.’s mission is to foster participation in healthy lifestyle opportunities.  Especially supporting the youth in our economically depressed DC West school district, 37% of all students … Read More

July 22, 1978- Strait of Gibraltar, fantail of the USS Concord.  Running laps, wondering why.  Something drawing me out in the salty night air to test my legs.  Twenty years … Read More

Civil Liberty.  Free Speech. Disparaging names.  Ridicule.  Insults towards those that choose to wear a mask.  Where is the compassion and understanding? Look, I’m approaching 63, still a couple of … Read More

With the Chicago Marathon joining every other major as a no go  for 2020, what keeps you going? Take away the social fabric of  our sport and do you still … Read More

We’ve landed well, the r-pod under a shady cottonwood at my favorite dojo.  For the next week or two we’ll be doing daily laps at Two Rivers State Recreation Area.  … Read More

Lifetime runner?  Well maybe.  Have been giving it my best effort to transition from former marathoner to miler.  Hoping the decreased mileage and softer surfaces of the track would sustain.  … Read More

Given the dearth of real racing and my incessant verbosity I’ll wax on a few other Monday morning musings. Progress continues on the new digs.    Linda and I have … Read More