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Be warned! This is only going to get sillier from here! It was a cold and dreary morning in my Oregon hometown last week. A steady rain left me completely soaked. Worse, my earbuds had just shut off - depriving me of hearing all of the Andy Gibb songs that not even slow torture could force me to confess to owning. In this moment of ultimate despair, I shouted out to the heavens, “ I wish I never started running !” After saying that, I suddenly see another runner just a fe

Coach Frank Good Hard to believe that I've been running for over fifty years. What's not hard to believe is that I know I wouldn't be...

One of the most pivotal moments in my life occurred on a quiet Sunday evening in July 1979. I received a phone call from the...

My senior year in high school track stands out - for all the wrong reasons. It was the first season where I did not improve from the...

"Dear Rick, This is your older self. In August, I'll be at my 45th class reunion. Because of that, I find myself thinking back to...

“Would you like some company up here, Joel?” I boldly uttered those words 45 years ago to my teammate as we rounded the top of the...

I never liked Track. As my "not so much" sport, it provided many humbling afternoons over seven long seasons. With one notable...

We don't always realize the actual significance of certain events until after they've taken place. That was certainly the case...