This morning I did one of my typical Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday trail runs at Wekiva State Park – but didn’t have a running buddy. As I prepared for my planned solo seven-miler I thought about taking my iPhone. ‘Maybe I should in case I see a bear,’ I thought. But I hadn’t seen a bear in months and it was hot and humid which … Continue reading No Lions, No Tigers, Just Bears – Oh My!

I’ve run the trails at Wekiva State Park several times this summer with a teenage runner, Josh Lusk, who lives in my neighborhood. He leaves for his freshman year of college next week, so I took him on some different trails on his last run with me in the park this summer. We’ve had quite a bit of rain the past two months and didn’t … Continue reading Wet, Muddy Trail Run

How did half of 2013 go by without my entering and running one race? I haven’t been injured and could have raced but the weeks and months just slipped past. That all changed on July 4th as I ran the Watermelon Run 5k in Winter Park, Florida with 4,000 plus other runners, joggers and walkers who started their celebration of Independence Day with a jaunt … Continue reading 2013 Watermelon Run 5k

Just from the title of this I am sure that many readers are expecting some sort of tale about my trail run today that led to an encounter with several extremely attractive lady runners. Guys may be imagining running along, sweat dripping, their bodies dehydrating and, all of a sudden, there is the Swedish Bikini Team out for a training run. Well… that isn’t quite … Continue reading Babes in the Woods