Journal

Quick Guide: Two Key Resolutions at the USATF Annual Meeting (this weekend)

I’m headed to the USATF Annual Meeting. Here’s the quick guide on what’s happening and how you can help. Critical Law and Legislative (L&L) Changes There are two very important resolutions that will be voted on this weekend that affect the

Why Athletes Don’t Speak Out About Doping

The sport of track and field is in total crisis. There is no other way to put it. The news is exposing crimes and corruption that exceed the depth and breadth of even the wildest whisperings of our sports biggest

Giftworthy No. 1

This is part of a series called “Giftworthy,” my ideas for gifts based on things I use and love. Every other day in December (through the 25th), I’ll be posting a new item, and I’ll finagle a short-term discount on that

We Gots a Sale!

If you are reading this between Friday November 27th and Monday November 30th, head over to Picky Bars. Here’s why: There are these items too, and other things you can’t eat. We probably didn’t order enough of them so if we

Discussing “Equality” in NCAA Cross Country

There’s some discussion going on about equality in collegiate cross country that was sparked by the recent IAAF decision to unify the distance for professionals. On the professional level, where women used to race 8k and men 12k, (and before

Ode to Cross Country and the Greasy Spoon

They won. We flew. In a plane. Two planes actually. One from Rhodes Island carrying Ro McGettigan, and the other carrying me from Bend Oregon. Both of us were deposited in Detroit simultaneously after 10pm, where we rented a lemon

Today My Son

upon finishing his dinner hatched a plan for us i would push his high chair into the next room and he would watch me play guitar while he sang and as he explained it his eyes showing me the way

Six Weeks of the Couch Life: An Update

  The scar from my heel surgery is looking good, the contours of the heel bone beneath are smooth, the achilles tendon is nice and mobile. 95% of the time I feel zero pain. I’ve spent six weeks as a

My Final Verdict on Tart Cherries

  When I first hooked up with the Tart Cherry people about working with them, I was an occasional binge user of tart cherry juice who had heard it was good for athletes but didn’t really know why. I was

Forbidden Territory

A new friend invites me to a writing workshop and I dive in to “Forbidden Territory.” It is amazing.