Where I conjure the end of a run

Pressure mounts from within. My heart beats, faster and faster, causing my chest to ache. The sound of my feet, pounding on the pavement, strikes and reverberates against quiet homefronts, making it sound like someone coming up, quickly, behind me. I push myself faster to keep that person in check. My legs strain. I struggle,… Continue reading Where I conjure the end of a run

Where I play out the movie of an unwritten memoir

LATE NIGHT – A RUNDOWN OLD THEATER The camera pans in to find a man in his mid-40’s, JOHN, dressed in a tuxedo, asleep in a chair, drooling, a concent program in his hand. The sound of an orchestra tuning fills in the background. The camera zooms in on JOHN’s face as the sound fades.… Continue reading Where I play out the movie of an unwritten memoir

Where I write about why I made the change from WordPress.com to WordPress.org

When I launched Daddy Runs a Lot, I wasn’t entirely sure what I wanted. I had my old blog, but it just wasn’t cutting it for me – everything was workout or diet related, and it’s just difficult to write when you paint yourself into a corner like that. So, I was going to re-launch… Continue reading Where I write about why I made the change from WordPress.com to WordPress.org

Where I bring the random on a Friday, yet again.

It’s Friday, so it’s time for disjointed random. I have a truly beat up iPhone cord at work that’s my “emergency cord.” Normally, I keep a cord in my laptop bag and it travels between my truck & work. Somehow, that cord ended up inside the house and therefore it hasn’t been on me. My… Continue reading Where I bring the random on a Friday, yet again.