Notes from the Trail – Mike Baker

 Mike Baker The Wal-Mart 100 Miler and Other Things You Shouldn’t Try at Home, July 2018Today is not that day, May 2018The History of Dogs, May 2018Janky: Ten Things I Need You to Know About the Torreya 50k, April 2018My Best Guess and Your’s, March 2018The...

The History of Dogs

The History of Dogs   Mike Baker,    I Greta was an Australian cattle dog we had been fostering. She had spent most of her life tied to a porch and had lost her appetite for being a dog. Greta would lay in the grass like she was dead. She wouldn’t even pick...

Today is not that day

Today is Not that Day   Mike Baker,    If you have ever read my column, you probably already know, I’m going to ramble a bit and it will seem like I can’t find my way. Try and think of it like this: your running partner invites you to a trail he’s found and...

Janky: Ten Things I Need You to Know About the Torreya 50k

Janky: Ten Things I Need You to Know About the Torreya 50k   Mike Baker,   ONE My relationship with the Torreya 50k is like that girlfriend you’ve had since the 90’s, Ms. On-again, off-again. She’ll call you up and you’re like, “Maybe it’ll work this...

The Flower that Grows in this State – Part 1

The Flower that Grows in this State – Part 1   Mike Baker,   It started a few days ago when I stopped taking my get along pills. I just forgot to take them one day and then kept forgetting. I always know I’m in trouble when I find myself descending...