The One Constant

Gosh, from the time I was 13 years old the single ever lasting, ever enduring constant in my life has been running. I have changed addresses, I have changed jobs, I have changed girlfriends, girlfriends have traded me for other guys, I’ve had a wife divorce me. But running, man it’s always been there. I love it! I love the training; I love the racing; I love the camaraderie with other runners. Running is an environment that soothes and heals for me. It is a great escape and running is mentally therapeutic. Running adapts to change like nothing else in this world.

As I have gotten older I naturally have slowed down. I certainly don’t like it and I will never accept it. But when I run now, my mind’s eye can capture occasional peeks of earlier days and my pace quickens just a little. I replay races and workouts in my mind and I am instantly taken back.

This category will be all about running past, present, and future. I will share running experiences from as early as 1972. I will talk about running through the years on television and other media outlets. I’ll talk about how running is being marketed today. I’ll talk about one of my favorites, running shoes, and how the sport has changed by changes in technology through the years. I can tell you what you trained in before Nike came along (yes, there was a time when there was no Nike). I’ll talk about what it’s like to run after 60.

This will be a fun one! I can’t wait to hear from you and hear about your running experiences. As Carrie Tollefson loves to say, “Let’s get after it!”.