December Cat Bird Seat By David Yon Another year has flown by at record pace, much unlike my race pace, which keeps slowing. Sometime in 1998 I ran mile number 39,000 and, if I avoid the injury demon, my feet will likely take me through mile 40,000 during 1999. I...
November Cat Bird Seat By David Yon I really can’t say when I joined GWTC, but the first Newsletter in my collection is for December, 1982, and my name is on the label, so apparently I was a member at the time. I did not start keeping a running diary until...
Cat Bird Seat By David Yon As the summer track season ends, Marathon season begins cranking up. Berlin has a reputation of being very fast, and a 2:06:05 confirms that reputation is well earned. On Sunday September 20, Brazil’s Ronaldo da Costa ran the Berlin...
SEPTEMBER CAT BIRD SEAT By David Yon It is time to start hoping for a few days of cooler weather. The roads are crowded again in the morning with kids and parents racing to school. The days are definitely getting shorter and, while September is still a hot month in...
Cat Bird Seat By David Yon As July rolls around I could join everyone else and complain vigorously about the heat – this truly has been the hottest opening to summer I have ever been through. Instead, I will issue my annual gripe about having to make the...
MAY CAT BIRD SEAT By David Yon So, when will I learn to stop answering my phone. “Hi, this is Gerald Ensley. Are you the President of GWTC?”, he asked. “Depends, I said. Why?” After a couple of halting starts, he said: “I will just lay it...
