It’s not my word alone. I’m sure of it. Surely someone else thought to combine running and exploring to create runsploring before me. No matter. If I’m plagiarizing, sue me. (Actually don’t. Just let me know and I’ll give you the credit). As I worked my way back to my starting point on my run today, […]
Just run: getting out the door, even when it’s a struggle
Some days, you have to force the run. Your legs don’t want to move. Your brain tries to talk you out of all movement. You just want to sleep in and go to bed early. It’s those days that I have to force myself out the door and just run. Today was that day for […]
Sneaking in a final Shreveport track session
Shreveport-Bossier City has the third largest metropolitan population in Louisiana, and it comes in behind New Orleans and Baton Rouge. There are less than 500,000 people here. It would barely crack the top ten area populations in Texas. Yet, here in a much smaller setting, the running community is thriving. I will argue that it rivals running groups from […]
Waving the white flag to Louisiana summer 2016
I’m doing it. I’m waving the white surrender flag. You win, Louisiana summer 2016. Sadly, reaching this decision took a long time. “You’re eventually going to be heat acclimated,” I told myself. As I ran Sunday night, however, I realized I’m fooling myself to think I have any chance to prevail over this heat and […]
Can’t run? Then work to win other daily battles instead
I reach for my phone and turn off my alarm. I know I should get out of bed and do something productive to start my day. But I don’t. Instead I go back to sleep, losing yet another of the daily battles I face. Today is day No. 11 in a row with no run. […]
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