Running For Your Life

Why? Why do you run? I get this question a lot. Especially now as I train for my 100 mile ultra. I could give a George Mallory-like response when asked why he wanted to climb Everest: he said, “Because it’s there.” “I run because I can,” I might say. Which, like...

A Terrible Thing

Regret is a terrible thing. I don’t have many. But one stands out. The trip of a lifetime. With my dad. He’d invited me to climb to Everest Base Camp with him. The two of us had learned to climb together. He was running a continuing medical education program for...