Remember when Bill Clinton would lace them up each morning and jog down to the neighborhood McDonald’s for breakfast? Or the time Jimmy Carter collapsed near the end of an ill-advised 10K? Heck, George W. […]
Sorry, no cheesesteak stands. No Pep Boys, no Philly Pretzels, no ACMEs either. Yet here we stand in the middle of one of the top five most populous urban areas in the United States on […]
Myth has it if a certain creature from western Pennsylvania climbs out of his hole on Feb. 2 and sees his shadow, we’re in for six more weeks of winter. One […]
“I think what I represent is achieving what you want in life. It’s a matter of your attitude. Some people have a negative attitude and that’s their disability.’’ —Marla Runyan, blind runner and three-time U.S. […]
So now it’s official: The coronavirus pandemic has made it a clean sweep of canceling Bucks County’s three major road races. The Bucks County Roadrunners Club’s signature event, the Thanksgiving Day 5-Miler, has been shuttered […]
He’s a former three-time Olympic and four-time world championship rower but doing trail run hill repeats in Tyler State Park can almost mimic the pleasant pain of years gone by. Holland’s Bob Kaehler finds off-road […]
It’s a sunny, warm summer morning and your trail run through the woods suddenly opens into a vast field of wildflowers. The beauty is magnificent. Birds, blossoms and. . .wait: Where are the butterflies? Oh, […]
It’s probably safe to say French impressionist Claude Monet never ran a mile in one day, let alone 26.2 of them. As for Vincent van Gogh, well, he might have tried to ride a rudimentary […]
Running race streaks are running race streaks and nothing is going to stop them – not injury, not illness and not even a global health crisis. Especially when that running race streak involves the legendary […]
Nearly six months to the day after an ominous pandemic poured cold water all over live racing, local directors plan their comeback this weekend by diving into the deep end of the pool. There will […]
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