Dam Half Marathon

RJ Winter State Park, PA

September 17, 2012

Anyone who has run Alisa Springman’s Holy Cowans Gap 50k in May knows that Pennsylvania trail running is a breed of its own.  Pennyslvanians don’t seem to take much stock in switchbacks.  The Dam Half at RJ Winter State Park near Lewisburg, PA […]

Rec Hall, The Pennsylvania State University

Friday, September 14, 2012

There is a musty old shower room on the Penn State campus.  No one checks your ID.  You don’t even really need to lock up your stuff.  Situated in a dimly lit corner of Rec Hall, where the floors are stone cold and the […]

VHTRC Women’s Half Marathon

September 8, 2012

Bull Run, Manassas, VA

I began the WHM this year in mixed spirits.  On one hand, this year’s race had everything going for it.  My friend Tracy Dahl was debuting as the glorious new RD this year, guaranteeing a class A affair.   I had […]

I wanted to give a toast last night to Doug & Kerry, I had a lot on the tip of my tongue, but I hadn’t prepared anything and I’m no good at trying to ad lib these things.  So here is my belated toast to Doug & Kerry, the rare WUSsie couple that has managed […]

This is a remarkable photograph, for anyone who knows me knows I don’t ride bikes.  But while the rest of you are out there vanquishing Frenchie mountains, as well as those local slopes at the Ring, I’ve been conquering, well, my ass.  And my shoulders.  And neck.  And long-standing absolute conviction that bicycles are vehicles […]