It’s a fact that some runners and walkers who listen to music are killed and injured every year because they don’t hear the warning signs from traffic, etc. I’m not against “workout music” but I want every exerciser to be safe—and here’s...
Why did Wendy and Ross travel from Australia to Atlanta this past weekend? It wasn’t the high percentage of personal records, the beauty of springtime in scenic Piedmont Park, nor the historic sites on the course connected to President Jimmy Carter, Dr. Martin Luther...
I was not a runner prior to 2015, in 2013 I was hospitalized and was in and out of hospitals for 3 months. During this time, I’d had a stroke, suffered from renal failure, sepsis and numerous other conditions as a direct result of Ecoli that had developed on...
A ruthless dictator watched carefully as a nearby country transitioned from a more authoritarian government to become a democracy. Much to the dismay of the tyrant, the new freedoms took hold and triggered unrest and uprisings in the tyrant’s very large...
Thirty minutes earlier I had received the key to my room in Olympic Village but after a quick glance and change to workout clothes at my dorm room I was on the athlete’s track—just outside Munich Stadium. As I jogged around the oval and then accelerated down the...
