Never Quite Enough

  1. lap swimming

    Finding the right stroke

    Of all the various sports and activities in which I participate, swimming is my least favorite. There are plenty of reasons for this. I don’t …

    • 11:39 AM, Jan. 29, 2013
  2. Winter fun

    >>> The great thing about riding a bicycle for 40 minutes when it’s 9 degrees below zero is that it feels downright tropical when you …

    • 6:58 PM, Jan. 23, 2013
  3. Sub-zero cycling

    Of course I wouldn’t have HAD to go for bicycle ride last night, when my smarty-pants phone told me it was 9 degrees below zero. …

    • 11:25 AM, Jan. 22, 2013
  4. Breaking the running-fast

    The sun was shining and temperature was 37 degrees on Saturday, and as I stepped outside to take out the trash, it felt glorious. The …

    • 4:46 PM, Jan. 21, 2013
  5. Helmet pic_1610

    Winter cycling challenge

    Not running through January has yielded a mixed bag of results so far. You’ll recall that a long-term Achilles ailment sidelined my running activities until …

    • 12:27 PM, Jan. 08, 2013
  6. On becoming a nonrunner

    And so it has come to this: My short-term New Year’s Fitness Resolution is to not run through the month of January. If you have …

    • 7:18 PM, Dec. 27, 2012
  7. More New York thoughts

    Like I mentioned in my previous post, my wife is from a suburb of New York City. She first took me there before we were …

    • 6:27 PM, Nov. 01, 2012
  8. High Line 2

    Pre-Sandy East Coast hiking

    Sandy was traveling north parallel to the East Coast on the Atlantic Ocean as we were in the midst of spending a week in New …

    • 6:16 PM, Oct. 30, 2012
  9. Coming back

    It’s been nearly a month since I’ve adhered to a regular running program. The layoff was spurred by a longstanding  Achilles tendon injury that wasn’t …

    • 10:11 AM, Oct. 18, 2012
  10. This mountain is high enough

    About 120 hardy runners participated in the fifth annual WRUT ‘n Run on Oct. 6.  It’s a fund-raising footrace that loops up and down Rib …

    • 3:18 PM, Oct. 17, 2012
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