Last Saturday, I ran the Rabbit Ramble, the annual four miler in Guilderland that I always imagine will celebrate Easter by providing a sunny shirt-sleeve morning and the aroma of blooming spring flowers. None of this is ever true. Hence, why I always have to imagine. I know from experience that the weather on Easter weekend can be changeable and I ignored common sense believing that it would warm up by the start of the race. So, I decided to go light and only wear shorts and a singlet. This was a mistake. Gusting winds dropped the temperature well below...

I joined about twenty club members last Saturday for an 8 am club run in Guilderland. Unfortunately, I managed to hit the only patch of black ice on the entire route. As I found myself suddenly looking up at the sky, my thoughts (other than something unprintable) cycled between “man, I hope I haven’t broken anything” and “why me?” Ironically, after running outdoors without incident throughout the winter, I had wiped out on one of the first days of spring. Thanks to equal parts luck and Rock Tape, I recovered in time to run well in the next day’s Delmar...

It’s spring! While we in the Capital Region usually can’t count on blooming flowers right away, we can look forward to the start of high school and middle school track and field season. Practice is underway. Indoor season athletes probably feel like they have been training forever, while aspiring outdoor season athletes are assessing their fitness level and feeling those pains that come with gearing up too quickly. Although it’s been thirty years since I was in high school, I’d like to offer three quick pointers to get everyone off to a successful season. Trust your training. Training can be...