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The wet weather of the winter and cold temperatures always make me look forward to spring. Just in the last couple of weeks, the longer ...
The wet weather of the winter and cold temperatures always make me look forward to spring. Just in the last couple of weeks, the longer ...
Over the years of running and coaching, I get asked a lot of questions. One of my favorites goes something like this, “I’ve noticed that ...
Frank Ramsey thought Salisbury was a great place to grow up, with lots of activities for youngsters, like Little League and Pony League baseball. All ...
Last Saturday, mid-morning, I started getting texts from other runners. For a few weeks, many locals with lots of miles and marathons were keeping up ...
Just a few short years ago, pickleball was the fastest growing sport locally and across the nation well, but disc golf is now the sport ...
Runners everywhere have used caffeine to their advantage for years. I was one of them. Through the 1980s and ’90s, I raced nearly every weekend, ...
Runners and walkers are nice people, almost always. But once in a while, one of them will forget their ethics and manners. After participation as ...
The average American child between the ages of 8 and 12 spends 1,200 hours a year in front of screens, according to the American Academy ...
A different location still brought out a crowd of 292 participants for Rowan’s best known race. The dairy cows lined up to watch the runners ...
A few years back, I heard from a former running client about her involvement with Ainsley’s Angels. Allison Tuck’s son is handicapped and couldn’t run ...
Salisbury and Rowan’s biggest race, the 38th Annual Winter Flight, is back with its 2021 version, with the race date set for Jan. 17. Normally ...
At just 14, Emberleigh Pauley-Brown has surprised everyone with her cross country success as a high school freshman. She’s been a fixture in local races, ...
I listened to Jerry Kanipe talking one morning, just before the Ed Dupree 5K was about to start. He told Luann Fesperman why he needed ...
It’s been about a month since I took a day off from running. That isn’t much to a guy that once went four years between ...
Bob Marchinko had just finished a run and saw a big tree limb on his roof. He said, “I grabbed my ladder and went up ...
In a normal year, Salisbury and Rowan will have about 30 races. Some have a long history, a few are brand new but every single ...
It has been one of my great privileges to write this column now for more than 10 years. I’m not sure exactly which year this ...
In 2013, I had arthroscopic surgery on a knee, significant because at the time I was nearing 80,000 running miles. And plenty more with other ...
Sometimes circumstances come together for something big. That’s just what happened for Lorie and Mark Cauble over an incredible month. I got to play a ...
I’ve always enjoyed walking and have done a lot of it. I have no idea how many miles I’ve done, but imagine its pretty significant. ...
We had to cancel our beginning runners class in the spring but just finished a small, yet very enthusiastic fall class. The main advantage of ...
Races are beginning to happen again and an unusual one took place on Wednesday. SideKick Karate sponsored a mile run and walk for breast cancer ...
Last week, I got several wonderful replies from people who plan to get more vitamin D, either by spending increased time in the sun or ...
Just last week, there was a new release from health officials saying that vitamin D levels not only affect how likely a person is to ...
At three years old, Merritt Plummer doesn’t meet a stranger and she seems comfortable in nearly every situation. And she’s happy almost all the time, ...
I’m writing this on Thursday morning and just back from one of those glorious runs that really jumpstart the day. I watched the Yankees/Indians playoff ...
One Saturday morning a couple years ago, I happened to be doing some work on the Daily Mile track at Rockwell Elementary School. That is ...
Brian Tadlock of Landis won the Y Service Club raffle on Sept. 12 and can take either a 2020 Ford Escape SUV or $18,000 in ...