Wrong side of the road

A pet peeve of mine happens to be people that ride or run on the wrong side of the road. Bicycles are required by law to travel in the same direction as traffic, and pedestrians should run opposing traffic. This time of year a lot of people invade Cape Elizabeth to...

Beach Run

When I was in college, we used to go down to Camp Winona for Spring training. 10 miles in the morning, 5 in the afternoon, hang out in Daytona or at Lake Winona the rest of the day. One day during each trip we would check to see when low tide was going to be early in...

Dealing with Migraines

Migraines are bad. Chemical problems that cause the brain to hallucinate and creates an extreme photosensitivity and aversion to noise. Once the hallucinations begin to end (or sooner), a bad headache comes on. How do you tell that you are having a migraine and not...

Cold Summer and Diving Dogs

Last night it was a bit chilly and it has been raining for a few days, so instead of doing 880s in Baxter Woods as we had on the schedule we went to Bradley Street to run. Bradley street is similar to Baxter Woods in an opposite sort of way (if that makes sense.) In...

Mile Time Trials

It does not matter how little you have recently run, or what kind of speed work you have done, there is always that little barrier that says “You must pass me or you will not be satisfied”. You can push and put in a great effort, but 2 or 3 seconds slow...

Exhaustion Sets In

Friday night I was tired. Bone tired. I went out on a dinner and theater date, and had trouble keeping my eyes open. (I do not recommend the Blue Spoon; it was not as cheap as my friend told me it was, nor was it as good. In fact, the food was rather lackluster....