For a few months now, I’ve had periodic sharp pain in the center of my right ankle. At times it turns into a continuous dull ache. Sudden jarring movements cause the most pain though I sometimes wake in the middle of the night with […]
I admit it — I read Runner’s World. (I’m still a walker, but since there is no WALK! Magazine anymore…) Today I read an article by one of the columnists about his running his first half marathon. It was a nice story. But at […]
This is the first full episode of the WALK Podcast! I know, finally, right? 001_012413_WALK_Columbus_Marathon Click this link. (It takes a moment or two for the file to open.) In this episode, my friend Deb Chenault and I talk about walking the […]
This is the Introductory Episode of the WALK Podcast. Basically, that means it isn’t a full episode, it is a short explanation of what to expect in future episodes. The next episode is already recorded and should be posted soon. This episode […]
Crossing a busy street recently made me think about Canadian racewalkers, and I just had to smile. In 2007 I found the walking section of Canada’s Running Room/Walking Room online forums. The members of the forum were avid and accomplished walkers and […]
For many years I did not make resolutions. My theory was, no one ever keeps them, so why even bother. Then I did some reading about goal setting. It seems that people who set concrete measurable goals are much more successful than […]
The last few years I have started the new year with a race. The past two years I’ve done the Run Cbus race in downtown Columbus. But this year, the Buckeye Striders decided to switch back to the First on the First […]
If you live anywhere where the weather gets bad enough you cannot do your normal outdoor mileage, you have probably tried to do a workout on a treadmill at least once. While in theory I do not have a problem with treadmills, […]
The thing I love and hate about Ohio weather is, if you wait a few minutes it will change. It’s great when the weather is bad, but unfortunately, it applies when the weather is good, too. What makes it so aggravating for […]
Today I entered the Hot Chocolate 15K. It’s a new race series and I think Columbus is one of the first cities. Though in the high 30s when I headed toward the starting line, the sun was shining, the sky was clear […]
