Mistakes Rookies Make July 19 marks the first anniversary of the beginning of my running odyssey, but as I related in my discussion, mine isn’t a couch-to-5K story, nor was I new to endurance sports in general, having been a cyclist for years. But cycling and running are very different sports, and my endurance base,…
First, let me be clear about two things: I’m not a medical professional, and if a reader thinks they might have a clot, they should bear themselves hence to a hospital as quickly as possible. I’m serious about both statements, but particularly the latter. A clot in a deep vein is serious, and time is…
I gave up cycling after 2012 because it was frightening to share the road with people who used their vehicles as weapons of intimidation. The usually inarticulate, often homophobic comments were annoying but bearable. The shock of having a motorist pass a few inches from my left shoulder wasn’t. I’d watch the driver’s actions as…
The one mile run was the only event I excelled at in gym class, which meant I was in the top tier of my classmates one class a year—the day we ran as part of the Presidential Fitness Award. Any satisfaction I took from beating the varsity athletes on the track or lapping around the…