Questions I get asked
Over the years, when talking with new acquaintances this question usually arises “What do you do?” and then we each go on and discuss our work, our family and then our hobbies etc. so I […]
Author: Roger Hollis
Air Force veteran, a veteran of 30+ years in the corporate world. Published in Medical Devices magazine. Illustrator for "1000 Ways in 1000 Days" available on Amazon. Long time runner. Author of "Running Log" also available on Amazon
Runner’s humor
As a rule, runners have a pretty well developed sense of humor. By and large, we’re able to laugh at ourselves and have a good time. It’s not unusual to see plenty of t-shirts, blogs, […]
Shoes, shoes, shoes.
“I’ve got enough shoes,” said no runner, ever. You can never have enough running shoes! What about those shoes you ran your first PR in, or the ones you placed first in your age bracket […]
To run or not to run, that is the question (with apologies to Will Shakespeare)
To run or not to run? It’s a question I’ve never had a hard time answering, at least for myself. Now, I’m not talking about excuses like “I’m too tired”, “I don’t have the time”, […]
Movin on up (to a new age bracket)
I don’t do a lot of races anymore, but last weekend I finished the first race of the year. It’s the annual Mother Of All Races held the day before Mothers Day as a fund […]
Time to sign up (for a race)?
I was talking to a friend the other day who’s a runner and remarked that now the weather has warmed up (finally), it time to sign up for a race. One miler, 5K, 8K, 10K, […]
Morning runs?
4 AM and my bladder says “wake up”, time to pee. OK, that’s done, back to sleep for 2 more hours. “No Way” my brain says. Now it’s time to think of all those “must […]
Are you a runner? (You may be and just don’t know it)
At a recent networking meeting, I was talking to an acquaintance and the conversation turned to running. I mentioned that I was a long time runner and asked him if he ran. He responded by […]
Spring things (for runners)
Ah, spring. It is the best of times; it is the worst of times (with apologies to Charles Dickens) for runners. The cold grip of winter is now (or shortly will be, we hope) behind […]
Things only runners understand
If you are new at running or hang around with runners you’ll hear and see things that a “normal” person wouldn’t necessarily understand so in the spirit of good fellowship to the hoi polloi, I […]