Former Action Guy

In the Winter of 1983 I was a “five jump chump”, having recently graduated from Airborne School at Ft. Benning , Ga . After a two week l...

Honor and integrity, those words..those sticky, confusing, and to some menacing words. How can two words both threaten and inspire?  Honor i...

So this was the second running of this race and the second time I have run it. The inaugural Hawkeye 50K was in December 2010 but due to iss...

As many of you know I have spent quite a bit of my life  in the Middle East or on the fringes of the region. Shopping in the local souk or ...

Even people that have not been in the military have heard the term "Hurry up and wait." I was driving home from a work trip tonig...

Dogs are man’s best friend so the saying goes. Here in ‘Merica dogs are for a lot of folks part of the family. I have three dogs myself an...

The Freezefest is a run I have done annually for at least the last 3 years. I have made it my traditional first race of the year. I knew th...

As I have written before besides my regular job I also work/volunteer at a few other activities. I officiate high school sports and work as ...

So the Triple D Winter Race is the first race in what I have named my Winter/Spring of Awesome. I was looking for a January race and it cam...