Ugh. I’ve spent two weeks trying to sort out a website hosting issue, to the point where I strongly considered just throwing up my hands and deleting everything. I was finally able to reach a sympathetic and competent customer service representative who was able to work through the tangled mess that had been made of […]
The dominoes continue to fall. The house of cards is built on the shakiest of grounds. Running isn’t cancelled… it’s just done in isolation. The irony is that I’ve been here in Florida for a longer stretch than I’ve been any place since 1995. And if this continues, I could literally almost run the courses […]
I’ve had some good folks reach out to me over the interweb to check on me. I’m still here. Like so many of us, I’m where I’ve been for months. This pandemic is taking a toll on so many and I really shouldn’t complain as so many have it way, way, WAY tougher than I […]
It wasn’t said with malice or ill-intent. It was said in that jocular, esprit de corps of runners everywhere. “You walking?!” A couple of fellow runners I’ve seen in the neighborhood over the years came across my lumbering shuffle, my early morning attempt to keep moving amidst this ongoing healthcare boondoggle I find myself mired […]
Defeated. Physically. Emotionally. Socially. Spiritually. I am feeling just… defeated. And a lot of it comes from the first defeat — the physical. My right thigh and knee ripple pain with every footfall attempt in “running.” I haven’t run in almost four weeks. I’ve tried a few tentative steps here and there… even went so […]
I miss running. I am injured in a way that has left me physically incapable of running. Walking can even hurts. I went to a chain chiropractor yesterday hoping to find a way forward. They worked me over and I had hopes of running today. But three steps into a dreamed 5 miler, I felt […]
I am broken by the world at large. Feeling helpless. There is so much pain and anger and hurt. And so I leave this quote here as I have no words to describe my own place in the world, in the way I’m feeling, or a suggestion for a way forward. We should stand on […]
@*#! %*!! That’s grawlix for a particular four letter “f” word. It’s about the only word I can think of during the majority of the 26.2 miles this morning. I haven’t run for several weeks due to a lingering pulled muscle in my right thigh… and because last week I came down with a terrible […]
I’m a Star Wars fan, born and raised. I also enjoy a good pun. So I think it’s great that there’s an outpouring of Star Wars-ness on May the 4th, even if at times it feels a bit like St Patrick’s Day when suddenly EVERYBODY claims they have a little Irish in them. Nonetheless, any […]