I graduated from High School on June 11th and on the morning of June 23rd I was winging my way to Cape May, NJ for Coast Guard Boot Camp. I was all of 17 years old, naive as hell, never been on a plane before, never away from home for more than a night or… Read more

Ah, the high school years. A time when we learn a lot about ourselves, make friends, lose friends and make memories that last the rest of our lives — in other words for many of us – taking a line from Bruce, “The Glory Days”. Before a 1974 Cross-Country meet against Greenville at Nokomis High… Read more

Harold, 9th Grade  – 1971, and yes, I was wearing my Cross-Country/gym shirt under the oh-so-popular zipper shirts that I still love today. In this post, I talk about what was probably one of the more important decision points in my life, not just my running. Soccer Fiasco During the summer of my 8th-grade year,… Read more

That photo was from 1968 – The Wonder Years (Yes, I was the same age as the main character Kevin, in that TV show), and if you have watched that show at all, some things were pretty similar. However, unlike the fantasy of television, my life was not always all that wonderful, and these years… Read more

  I hope you enjoy reading about almost 50 years of running life from a middle-of-the-pack runner. Two different people one with all of his life ahead of him and the other looking back on the life that was lived – the one constant through it all was – running. It has been a part… Read more

Since this is primarily a running-themed blog, I will focus on the demons that have haunted my running or athletically for so many years.  While I have regrets about my past as a runner, I can’t change anything, so I have to work on defeating the demons that make my life more complex than it… Read more