Lifestyle
Gotta’ Run: It’s time to get outside and here’s why
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 ...
David Freeze, Author at Salisbury Post
Lifestyle
Gotta’ Run: Balance your dominant and weaker side for best exercise
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 ...
by David Freeze, Sunday, February 28, 2021 12:00 am
Lifestyle
Frank Ramsey inducted into the NC Military Veterans Hall of Fame
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 ...
by David Freeze, Sunday, February 28, 2021 12:00 am
Lifestyle
Gotta’ Run: Latest news on runners’ hearts, Marchinko update
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 ...
by David Freeze, Sunday, February 21, 2021 12:00 am
Local
Disc jockeys: Locals embrace sport on the move, use local courses
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 ...
by David Freeze, Tuesday, February 16, 2021 12:10 am
Lifestyle
Gotta’ Run: Exercise and caffeine, the good and bad
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, ...
by David Freeze, Sunday, February 14, 2021 12:00 am
Lifestyle
Gotta’ Run: Don’t even think about doing these things at your next race
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 ...
by David Freeze, Sunday, February 7, 2021 12:00 am
Lifestyle
Gotta’ Run: Pandemic getting kids outdoors again?
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 ...
by David Freeze, Sunday, January 31, 2021 12:00 am
Lifestyle
Gotta’ Run: Memorable moments from the 38th Annual Winter Flight
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 ...
by David Freeze, Sunday, January 24, 2021 12:00 am
Lifestyle
Gotta Run: Ainsley’s Angels are back today at Winter Flight
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 ...
by David Freeze, Sunday, January 17, 2021 12:00 am
Lifestyle
Gotta’ Run: Winter Flight is back, with changes
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 ...
by David Freeze, Sunday, January 3, 2021 12:00 am
Lifestyle
Gotta’ Run: Pauley-Brown wins Yadkin Valley Conference and Winter Flight news
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, ...
by David Freeze, Sunday, December 27, 2020 12:00 am
Lifestyle
Gotta’ Run: Jerry Kanipe needs to run
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 ...
by David Freeze, Sunday, December 20, 2020 12:00 am
Lifestyle
Gotta’ Run: Core strength makes for better running
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 ...
by David Freeze, Sunday, December 13, 2020 12:00 am
Lifestyle
Gotta’ Run: Marchinko competes again after a broken neck in June
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 ...
by David Freeze, Sunday, December 6, 2020 12:00 am
Lifestyle
Gotta’ Run: Good race directors, under-appreciated but required
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 ...
by David Freeze, Sunday, November 29, 2020 12:00 am
David Freeze
David Freeze column: What I’m thankful for
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 ...
by David Freeze, Thursday, November 26, 2020 12:00 am
Lifestyle
Gotta’ Run: Knees less likely to give out from activity
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 ...
by David Freeze, Sunday, November 22, 2020 12:00 am
Lifestyle
Gotta Run: An incredible October odyssey
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 ...
by David Freeze, Sunday, November 15, 2020 12:00 am
Lifestyle
Gotta’ Run: A new respect for walkers
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. ...
by David Freeze, Sunday, November 8, 2020 12:00 am
Lifestyle
Gotta’ Run: Beginners get it done
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 ...
by David Freeze, Sunday, November 1, 2020 12:00 am
Lifestyle
Gotta’ Run: SideKick Learning Center completes One Mile Challenge
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 ...
by David Freeze, Sunday, October 25, 2020 12:00 am
Lifestyle
Gotta’ Run: Too much sugar?
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 ...
by David Freeze, Sunday, October 18, 2020 12:00 am
News
Gotta Run: Runners and everybody else need vitamin D
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 ...
by David Freeze, Sunday, October 11, 2020 12:00 am
Lifestyle
All this for Merritt: Grace Lutheran fundraiser on tap with differences
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, ...
by David Freeze, Sunday, October 4, 2020 12:00 am
Lifestyle
Gotta’ Run: Misleading food labels
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 ...
by David Freeze, Sunday, October 4, 2020 12:00 am
Lifestyle
Gotta’ Run — Fighting back against age
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 ...
by David Freeze, Sunday, September 27, 2020 12:00 am
Clubs
Brian Tadlock wins SUV in Y Service Club Raffle
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 ...
by David Freeze, Sunday, September 20, 2020 12:00 am
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