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A SKYDIVING ADVENTURE STORY Skydiving has been one of my favorite hobbies, and has been...

I am thrilled to announce that the book that I co-authored with Rose Marie Ray, author of "Super...

A Bizarre Twist of Fate When I broke my neck in a bicycle race less than 4 years ago, my...

In the 1980s, Dr. George Sheehan was a friend of mine, prolific author, cardiologist, medical editor for Runner's World, and my teammate on the Shore AC. I once had the joy of pacing him to an American age group record for 1500 meters at the Northeastern Regional AAU championships at Princeton University. Although he was a busy cardiologist, if you were a friend and wanted to discuss anything...

Levels in Sports I have always been intrigued by the phenomenon of levels in sports. My mission is not to write about the obvious levels in sports such as those demonstrated by the likes of Lance Armstrong and Michael Phelps, but to expound on the subject in relation to how levels tend to bring us personally back to our own sports reality, and facing that reality, how we should respond....

Pets and Their People: Love at First Sight for Two Retired Runners Posted by Kris DiGiovanni Published: January 10, 2009 (First in a weekly series about interesting pets and the people they own) Today I’m interviewing a retired racing Greyhound, WJS Kittyhawk, who owns Sandy Scott, a retired cross-country racer and champion cyclist. Me: So, Kitty… May I call you Kitty?… I...

GOALS Goals enhance our lives. I believe that a person without goals is simply going through the motions of life missing one of the greatest enhancements to one’s existence – setting and achieving goals. Let me define what I mean by a goal in that not everyone shares my definition. To me the desire and intention to accomplish something in the future cannot be considered a goal unless...

It was a tough windy day on December 9th in Cape Coral for the State Senior Games 5K and 10K time trial championships. I'm thrilled to report that I defended both of my time trial titles from last year winning my 9th and 10th Florida state cycling championships in the two years since my return to competition from breaking my neck in a cycling accident at the Gainesville Senior Games a little over...

2008 FL state road race championships I had the hardest race of my life today. There was a ringer in my age group who came in from Puerto Rico to contest the event. He had just aged up, and thought he would garner himself a state championship. He was the typical 120 pound rider with a very nice Litespeed bike. The 40 plus age group women raced with us, and they fielded incredible...