Jane Klutenkamper: Ironman, Cancer Survivor
In 1991, at the age of thirty-three, Jane Klutenkamper was diagnosed with breast cancer. A nursing school student and a working, single mother of three children, she underwent eight rounds of chemo and a radical mastectomy. At times, she was so ill, she couldn’t get out of bed. Twenty-…
Read More ›Andy the Runner...and Other Running Carols
Editor's Note: In this week's post, Coach Cary offers some modified-for-runners carols for us to sing when touring the snow-covered roads of our neighborhoods. Andy the Runner(set to the tune of Frosty the Snowman) Andy the Runner, was a crazy running foolWith a Garmin watch and a Saucon…
Read More ›Where Did The Path Go?
Paths and trails play a prominent role in my life. I run them. I choose them. I live them. I run them again. They make me feel adventurous and bold, like one of those outdoorsy superwomen in the Patagonia catalogs. And some paths are more fun than others. I once went on a trail run when I …
Read More ›The Runner in the Mirror
Let’s get personal, shall we? First, let’s clarify what this article isn’t. This isn’t a treatise on the warped, sexualized definition of attractiveness propagandized by popular media. (Don’t get me started…) This isn’t a discourse on the denigratin…
Read More ›Local Marathoners: 1; Mother Nature: 0
As a result of the winter storm that hit the middle of the country last weekend, the St. Jude's Marathon in Memphis was cancelled. Instead of being left out in the cold, though, a group of area runners led by O'Fallon, MO's Karen and Keith Rider decided to take matters into their own f…
Read More ›Surviving Winter
Well, we’re into it now, aren’t we? Ol' Jack Frost has come nipping at more than just our noses. Winter is when our go-to list of training partners shrinks - or when we tend to slack off from running, ourselves. Once the mercury drops towards the south…
Read More ›Failure to Prepare
It’s that time of year, again. The time when we dash around, careening off each other at the mall. The time when we indulge in a little (or a lot) too much fudge, eggnog, cookies, etc. The time when we cram enough lights onto their roof to blind the astronauts astrona…
Read More ›On Racing
I fell in love again with an old flame on Thanksgiving morning. We met at the start line of a local Turkey Trot (of all things). I knew he would be there, and I had jitters in my stomach from the moment I left my house—before, even. I could barely focus during my warm-up, and the shive…
Read More ›With Answerable Courage
They were crammed on the boat for nine weeks. The ship was all of 113 feet long, and quite possibly much shorter than that. The gun deck, where the passengers spent most of their time, was dark, uncomfortable, and gratingly confined. It boasted 1,300 square feet of living space—infinit…
Read More ›Run-Centric Reasons to be Thankful
Runners live a fast-paced life. Pun intended there, but truth be told, the busiest folks I know are runners. Many of us couldn't cram more into a day if it was 36 hours long and we had a shoehorn the size of Texas. We are constantly on the run, conquering any number of…
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