Friday, November 12, 2010

One Day in Funkytown

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From Running Journal, November, 2010. ********** Morning comes to Barcelona. The window in our seventh-floor room faces south, overlooking ...
Friday, November 5, 2010

Burning Up the Road to Barcelona

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This was an innocuous story about traveling to a marathon - or so I thought. But it drew a blistering letter to the editor. The writer thoug...
Monday, October 25, 2010

On the Lonely Mesa a Rude Visitor Comes Calling

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This is a newspaper story written for a special Halloween feature. It's as true as a double-bitted axe. From the Herald-Citizen , Oct. ...
Sunday, October 17, 2010

Wretched Undead Hound the Haunted Half

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Angie Clark sprints down Churchill Drive in Sparta, Tenn. She is one of the 300 runners expected to participate in Cookeville's second a...
Sunday, October 3, 2010

A Special Guest at a Special Race

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- Photo by Kathy Piper - It was the most ordinary and routine of races - a small-town 5K. But a race is rarely so ordinary and routine. Surp...
Monday, September 20, 2010

Two Women, Two Stories, One Goal

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(A) Jill White runs down a Putnam County lane in preparation for next Sunday’s Komen 5K. (Photo by Dallas Smith). (B) Uber-runner Margie Sto...
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Sunday, September 12, 2010

The King of Caribbean Marathons and a Boy Who Wanted a Watch

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It seemed likely I'd never find Jason. A couple months after I'd sent an e-mail inquire to the race director, I quit thinking about ...