Mississippi Mistakes

Mississippi Mistakes   By Gary Griffin,   Peter, Paul and Mary had a folk ballad back in the ‘60s that asked the question, “When will they ever learn?” I was asking myself that same question – except instead of a more personal nature – as I drove home with...

Moments in Time

Moments In Time – The 2007 Tallahassee Ultradistance Classic    Gary Griffin,   Peg asked me today – the day after the ultra: “Did you hear Fran’s music yesterday?” I had to admit that I had not, but that was not a reflection on Fran’s music – which Peg...

Mileage Matters

 Gary Griffin I’ve always considered myself a fairly high mileage guy, at least for the size of the pond that I swim in. Here in Tallahassee, if you’re doing 50-60 miles a week you’re gonna be in the top few percent of the locals who lace ‘em up regularly. I ran my...

Humbled by the Boogie in 2007

Humbled by the Boogie   Gary Griffin,    NY Times writer Kirk Johnson begins his book entitled “To the Edge – A Man, Death Valley and the Mystery of Endurance” (in which he describes his year of preparation for the 135 mile Badwater Ultramarathon), in this...

Mountain Mist (2007)

Mountain Mist 2007   Gary Griffin,   First off, you’ll think that I am making this up but every last word of it is true. Confined to an inner-city hotel and far too many work-related responsibilities to even go into, I had not run a step for the 6 days...

Strolling Jim 2007

Strolling Jim – Again!   Gary Griffin,    I’ll be the first to admit that my recall of race courses is fairly poor. OK – real poor. As evidence of that is the memory of Dana Stetson and I being assigned the responsibility to be “lead bikes” at the...