GUESS SOME OF US ARE JUST LUCKY
“That’s a great way to break a leg!”
Mike Micucci and I were trotting down the Tuckerman Ravine Trail, on the side of New Hampshire’s Mount Washington, when a hiker hurled that single sentence at us from across the wide, rocky trail. The lecturer was loaded down, plodding uphill with a female companion.
Stunned, we ran past silently—and spent the rest of the run formulating the perfect rejoinder.
We’d deftly slam the door on his expertise, alluding to our roles on a mountain-rescue team: “Guess who’d be called for the rescue—we would!”
We agreed he was right, too: “You know, it is a great way to break a leg,” I said. Mike said, “Beats slipping off a curb.” Somehow, this always happens. When trail running, I am a magnet for comments, and they run the gamut. I’ve been cheered and complimented, but much more often am reprimanded to slow down and enjoy the view.
It happened again last week. Passing through a trail head a mile into a run, I rolled by an idling Cadillac, a passenger slumped over the AC vents. His window was open, so I got his observation loud and clear. “You’re nothing but a big showoff!”
Yes, he really did say that, and no, he really wasn’t kidding.
I must be a pretty clueless showoff. The ensuing 17 miles took me along my favorite remote, quiet trails. I didn’t see a soul.
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You Cannot Erase us
Over the years and through thousands of miles of running, I have thought about the words that marked the beginning of colonialism on the land and the end of Indigenous sovereignty.
Inside The Adaptable Mind
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Take it Easy
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Here Comes the Sun
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Connecting the Dots
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Carbohydrate Confusion
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This Wild Life
ONE MAN’S 92-MILE RUN OF GRIEF AND SELF-DISCOVERY.
Our Town
Trail running is all about the community it fosters and the beauty and diversity within the community. Here’s a look at seven places, and the faces that call them home.
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Being a health and nutrition correspondent means that companies frequently send me their products, and ask for my stamp of approval.
