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Flashback Friday: Horse With No Name
After suffering through one of the coldest and snowiest winters in a long time, I needed to read about something different. Sometimes going too far is just far enough Running is a dangerous activity....
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Friday Favorite: Stacking the Deck
Stacking the Deck Imagine a marathon in shorts and a singlet in the shadow of a 10,000 year old glacier. The 2001 Antarctic Marathon, or The Last Marathon as it is called, was exactly that way. I know....
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Flashback Friday: I am not a Jogger
I may waddle when I run, but I’m running all the same. The late Dr. George Sheehan, beloved “Runner’s World” columnist and arguably the first running boom’s premier philosopher, once wrote that the...
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The Curse of Talent
Most days I love my job. I’m not always happy when I’m repacking a carry-on bag that I just unpacked, but for the most part traveling to races around the country, meeting runners and walkers of all...
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Flashback Friday: Running Off At The Mind
Imagining the worst is never best By John “The Penguin” Bingham Published August 14, 2007 A few weeks ago, I was running on my brand spankin’ new treadmill, which currently resides in the middle of my...
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The Long and the Short of it.
The Long And The Short Of It Although the miles may pass slowly, the logbooks fill up fast. A running life, re-examined. By John “The Penguin” Bingham Published November 2, 2006 When my twin...
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The Final Countdown
They say a photo is worth a thousand words. This photo is actually worth over 160,000 words. 18 years. 12 columns a year. 750 words per column – give or take. And that’s just the written words. There’s...
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The Era of My Ways
I never thought much about eras. I understand that time moves on and things change. I don’t use a rotary phone anymore – or even a “Princess” phone for that matter. I don’t have to check my oil every...
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Monumental Running
Penguin Chronicle :: August 1996 :: Monumental Running We all have favorite places to run. Sometimes a route is so familiar that we can run it on autopilot, allowing our minds to rummage through...
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Goodbye, Farewell, and Amen
John Bingham looks forward to what lies ahead as his career as a columnist comes to a close. All good things must come to an end, or so they say. The truth I’ve learned is that all things, good and...
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