by Casey McGuire
As Earth Week comes to a close, I hope we all understand that the beginning of the next Earth Week is the day after this one. It is great to celebrate things on certain days, and take time out to recognize and appreciate the things that we simply regard as a part […]

by Elizabeth Schnittker
There’s a gentleman in Maryland who has laced up his shoes and gone for a run every single day since April 4, 1967. He’s the longest known “streaker” recognized by the U.S. Running Streak Association. This brings up two interesting points:
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by Bob Padecky
As Dean Karnazes was speaking, his voice had a modulated tone, so even, so steady, so lacking in emotion, he could have been talking about going to a department store to buy a pair of pants.
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by Felicia Schneiderhan
Michigan - During my third marathon, and seven lonely miles of golf courses and military housing on Arsenal Island in the Mississippi River, I decided to end my short racing career.
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by Casey McGuire
Not that I would call my self old, by any means, but every year it seems, I get about a year older (coincidentally funny note – I just had to increase the font size of this to see what I was typing). I have been trail running for a few years, and […]

Toronto - On Friday, April 18 at 2:00 p.m., grade five students from Dunrankin Drive Public School in Malton put on their gloves to help Toronto Pearson (Airport) perform a 20-Minute Makeover. The group cleaned up a portion of land that will be used for a new walking and cycling trail running through the airport […]

by Greg Johnston
Oct 31, 2002 -You’re running through the forest on a rolling ridge under a deep green canopy of fir and maples, padding softly on a dirt trail, hopping the occasional root or rock, the cool fall air feathering around your sweaty forehead.
Your calves burn a bit on the ups, your thighs on the […]

by Tara Pipia
Darting down a dirt trail one afternoon, Warwick native David O’Neill stumbled upon more than a rock or two — he had a thought. He wanted to reconnect with the road running scene. It seemed like years since he laced up to pound the pavement and even longer since he reached out to […]

by Donald Buraglio
A guy doesn’t just wake up one morning and decide he wants to run 100 miles. That would be crazy.
Instead, the decision evolves gradually. It’s a succession of minor goals that become progressively more ambitious from year to year, as each small accomplishment lays the foundation for a larger one to […]

by John “The Penguin” Bingham
For 45 years Edward Kleinhammer was a bass trombonist with the Chicago Symphony Orchestra. He was, by any measure, the finest bass trombonist who ever picked up the horn. For 45 years he played magnificent music in one of the world’s premier orchestras under the baton of historic conductors and […]