Liz Stephen and Tim Burke repeated their 2013 performances, winning Saturday’s Climb to the Castle. OK, you know about that. The weather looked sketchy: 60% chance of showers in the morning, and thunderstorms in the afternoon. I brought the [slow] rubber wheels with me, but decided to chance it running […]
Read More →Better living through chemistry, that’s what I call it. Through the magic of modern medicine, I just might have a brave new knee. How hard I’ll be able to beat on it remains to be seen. After the crushing news about a torn meniscus, Dr. Rosenberg outlined possible treatment options. […]
Read More →On the starting line of last Saturday’s Lake Placid Loppet, I didn’t have great hopes. At the time of year when I needed it most, I’d trained inconsistently. My problematic left knee hasn’t allowed me to run far or run fast. Running is as essential to my training program as roller […]
Read More →Winter came back with a vengeance for the 2013 Lake Placid Loppet. After a snow drought and warm temperatures canceled last year’s race, Saturday saw frigid temperatures and slow snow for the the hardest race in the northeast.
Read More →So the doctor sent me to get physical therapy for the sprained knee. Giving me the script, he said, “I know you like Joint Care Physical Therapy, but I want you to go to this other place. They use kinesio tape.” WTF? So I was already bummed out because my […]
Read More →Last week’s MRI was encouraging. The doctor said, “For the amount of punishment you give your body, there’s no damage to your knee.” After a missive about my left foot in July, I haven’t written much about recovering from my stress fracture. There was plenty of other stuff to cover. You […]
Read More →With the Lake Placid Loppet cancelled, the carnage that was this winter’s messed-up race season was complete. Every race I’d planned on entering was cancelled. At the last minute, I registered for the Sugarloaf Marathon. It sounds like a damn fool thing to drive 500 miles – ONE way – […]
Read More →About a year ago, my good friend Andrey Revyakin relocated to Virginia from California. After backcountry skiing and hiking all across the Sierra Nevada, and after skiing all over Royal Gorge, it was a big adjustment to come to snow-challenged metropolitan DC. Andrey’s been rollerskiing, cycling and skiing at Whitegrass.
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