It is dangerous to have sports heroes these days. But as I watched Haile Gebrselassie win the 10,000 meter gold medal at the 1996 Olympics and then saw the love between him and his fellow Ethiopians, I just had to believe that this is someone really worth cheering...
February Cat Bird Seat By David Yon Truly amazing, I would say. Despite the fact that the new Marathon course wound through dozens of neighborhoods and crossed what seemed like thousands of streets, almost every corner had a smiling race volunteer directing runners or...
January Cat Bird Seat By David Yon Running 50 miles gives one a long time to think. As the quadriceps muscle tissue is ground from sinew to pulp by the thousands or millions of foot strikes on pavement, there is plenty of time to look around and observe just what a...
By David Yon As I sat at the end of Pelican point in the home of Nick and Barbara Yonclas listening to the rain fall and the wind howl and watching the water roll in from the bay to within one foot of their drive way, I was having second thoughts about running in...
GWTC Annual Awards Presentations February 1, 1999 Museum of Florida History R. A Gray Building (To read presentation, click on award division.) Male Runner of the Year, Female Runner of the Year In naming its Runners of theYear, Gulf Winds Track Club seeks to honor...
