Te The training schedule that I am using (a combination of advice from Jeff Galloway and Jenny Hadfield) called for an 8-mile run at the end of the second. My week was as busy as ever at school, but I managed to complete my shorter runs, and I even did some hiking with my students […]
The Maine Marathon is now about 20 weeks away and I have decided to follow a modified training program to get ready for the run and train in a way that will help me finish the event with a smile on my face and limited pain in my body – or at least that’s the […]
Let’s start with the obvious, completing a novel is difficult and there often seems to be a never-ending supply of distractions to drag you away from the computer or the writing desk. I know the story that I wish to write and I’ve completed a draft of the book, but as almost every writer will […]
Like many of my friends and neighbors, I was watching the late winter weather this week and wondered how bad the weather would be and what we were in store for as a powerful storm formed off the eastern seaboard and rumbled north. I watched as forecasters described the effects of a low-pressure cold front […]
At the beginning of the December, I found myself worrying about finding a way to regularly keep active during the winter, a time in our part of the world when the sun seems to set shortly after noon. I joined a group of hearty (translated – foolish) souls in Portland and for the past three months, I have been running on the roads of Saco, Biddeford, and Portland.
Along the way, something strange, but not entirely unexpected happened. I became addicted.
PORTLAND – It’s pretty obvious that the winters in Maine can be tough for those who like to venture outside and play with their friends, no matter what the age. This year, starting in January, I joined about 50 other hearty souls and promised to take to the streets of Portland every Tuesday and Thursday […]
W hen I think of Maine winter activities, the snow, the cold, and short winter days dominate the ideas that come to mind. I see images of snowshoeing, downhill and cross-country skiing, skating, hockey, and even ice fishing. For whatever reason, I don’t think about running and road races. So what did I do? I […]
PORTLAND/BOSTON – With little fanfare, runners throughout Maine and Massachusetts have taken to the streets as an act of compassion and support for one another and the victims of Monday’s senseless bombings. John Rogers and the people at the Maine Running Company sent out a simple face book message. A little more than 24 hours […]
