The Tiny Madness of Forgetting – Part 2 Mike Baker, I hate to get philosophical at a moment like this but when I run I am running away from Death. I believe this is true of everyone who runs whether they know it or not. Like the Yaqui Indians say,...
The Tiny Madness of Forgetting – Part 3 Mike Baker, I remember seeing a sign at the trailhead of a canyon trail in Texas, Please pack in water as this trail has no exit except this one. Please hike responsibly. I often consider that sign around the...
Running Along the Summer’s Crooked Spine Mike Baker, A runner stands on the road’s skinny ledge waiting for the clock, hands on hips, slouched and relaxed. A runner steps from toe to toe, prancing. Another runner tightens – turning all that...
Running Toward My Own Happy Oblivion: To Volstate or Not to Volstate Mike Baker, (Advice is a funny thing. It is often what we ask for when we know what we need to do but we want someone else to confirm we’re right. It is rarely that pivotal moment when...
The Barkley Months: The Joys of Ignominious Failure and Hypothermia Mike Baker, Why I’m Proud to be an American or my submission to get into the Barkley Marathons December 24st, 2012 You have to write a haiku about Barkley to even get onto the mailing...
Doing the dance is better than sitting it out: Whispering Pines 50k Mike Baker, We all get so hung up, sometimes, on knowing the course so that we might understand what’s being expected of us, know what we’ll have to do to say when...
