It took me 10 hours over two days to dig out of the blizzard of 1 February. Moving over two feet of snow, I needed a rest day. The following Thursday, I drove to Lake Minnewaska to take advantage of all that fresh powder. When it was still privately owned, […]
Read More →A gray November sky promised rain. The strong breeze hinted at the gale force wind that would come in the evening. I parked at the usual spot, the Green Pond Road trail head that’s become New Jersey’s version of overcrowded Adirondack trail heads. I shrugged into my hydration vest and […]
Read More →Working out during coronavirus is going to be different. If you’re like me, you get a stoke from going to the gym; you’re inspired to push yourself the way you see others pushing it. Only now, gyms and health clubs are shut down, along with much of the rest of […]
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I bought my Garmin Forerunner 935 when I realized that the battery of my four-and-a-half-year-old Forerunner 620 was giving up the ghost. Over Memorial Day weekend, it had taken me through the Patch Sprint and the post-race self-extrication, well over six hours. Six months later, a 10 km ski race […]
Read More →What is corrective exercise, anyway? Corrective exercise is a buzzword – buzz phrase? – that’s tossed around a lot these days. Corrective exercise is a process to correct a movement dysfunction. Movement dysfunction can occur for a number of reasons. Repetitive motions in the workplace, recovery from an injury, […]
Read More →On Saturday, I drove to North Creek, NY for Sunday’s Gore JNQ 10 km skate race. It’s been a while since I’ve driven 260 miles in a snowstorm, and the first time in my new / used diesel Jetta. What’s generally a four-hour ride turned into a six hour slog, […]
Read More →At the eleventh hour, I signed up for the 10 km classic race at the North Creek Nordic Fest last Saturday. In October, I’d torn a hamstring during a hard interval workout and limped back to my car. It’s been a long road with careful, and dare I say, banal […]
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On Saturday, 3 August, I raced the App Gap Challenge, a 7.25 kilometer roller ski race in Fayston, VT. Starting near German Flats Road on Vermont Route 17, the race goes westward, finishing on top of Appalachian Gap. You know it’s steep when there are signs advising danger to trucks […]
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