Phantom trail run best race ever

Friday, December 23rd, 2011

Some of you might be wondering how the Phantom Trail Race on November 12 went. I must say, it was one of the best races I've ever run. It was as if I had my own personal race course set up for me in the forest, with an aid station, ...

Wearing no clothes makes you run faster

Sunday, October 16th, 2011

Now I know why some of my friends who are really good runners wear hardly any clothes! I'm not talking about streaking, exactly, though I remember that was a really popular activity when I was a kid. I'm talking about my observation that the friends I've run with who are ...

Rites of spring and a tramp through the woods

Sunday, May 30th, 2010

Last November I closed up the house at Monkey Valley for the winter, and crossed my fingers that the place and plumbing would fare well. Last weekend my sister and I went to Monkey Valley to open up the house for the spring. I was delighted to discover that there ...