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Selected stories from my five decades

in the greatest sport

Tales & Tips

Jul 17, 20225 min read

Run Like a Girl - June 1977

After the first meet in Davenport dad had a surprise for me at Monday’s practice with the Iowa City Striders Track Club. “Sarah, I think...

Jul 10, 20224 min read

Run Like a Girl - September 1976

Coach Forwald had us sit in the seat by the front door of the school bus, my red meet sweats a size too big. I was afraid I looked like a...

Jul 3, 20224 min read

Run Like a Girl - 1st XC practice 1976

On Monday I rode my bike to Southeast Junior High in the morning so I could hustle the mile over to East High after classes for the 3:15...

Jun 28, 20221 min read

"Run Like A Girl"

Next Sunday I will release the first of four excerpts from my latest novel - "Run Like A Girl - The Tale of a Distance Runner during the...

Jun 12, 20222 min read

You mean like a U-bolt?

I taught PE classes and took on the assistant track job at Loyola in 1988, glad to get back into coaching after Arnold Weber's debacle at...

Jun 5, 20222 min read

The Wonder Years

Before there was the iPhone and the iPad. Before the small digital cameras of the 90's or the shoulder-mounted VHS camcorders of the...