I was on two of the most iconic, demanding courses around in a span of 24 hours.I opted to play the first course, and, despite a lot of internal discussion on the matter, decided against the second course.The first course was the Mount Summit Challenge on Sunday morning. The 3.5-mile course ...
I guess I've really set the bar pretty low when the most excitement I experienced in the 34th Mount Summit Challenge was when I saw where the race would finish.Yes, I did say where, not how or when.The past couple years the finish of the 3.5-mile race from Hopwood to the Summit Inn concluded in ...
<em>(Columnist's note: A warning to my niece Stephanie. ... I am about to go "old" in this column so you might want to start lining up your eyerolls now.)</em>"Show me a good loser and I'll show you a loser."No, not a quote I read on a fortune after a Chinese ...
Elves are mystical, diminutive humanlike creatures, who oftentimes have mystical powers.Elves have a prominent, mythical place in Scandinavian cultures, known for their impish, malicious, and playfully naughty activities.Of course, most folks associate elves as the hard-working, happy-go-lucky ...
Every so often I have a stroke of genius. At least, that's what I believe it to be, so that's my story and I'm sticking to it.I walked in my first Turkey Trot in 2012 at the suggestion of then co-worker Cecelia Jo Record. That first "Trot" had a near-disastrous start when we were about a mile ...
The Pittsburgh Steelers are enjoying a week off after 10 hard-fought games, so take the opportunity to reacquaint with family members (oh, how some have so grown over the past 2陆 months!), take the dog for a walk (the weatherman is forecasting chilly temperatures, but all the better because ...
