“It’s the best of times, it’s the worst of times,” to paraphrase Charles Dickens.
With the Pittsburgh Marathon scheduled for May 4, that’s how many runners feel this week...
The pain in my lower back and left shoulder serve as reminders of time spent earlier in the week rigging a new sonar unit on a boat.
Boat ownership seems to provide a cou...
It seems this winter just won’t give up.
As spring flowers open, they sometimes wear a crown of snow and runners still don hats and gloves for spring marathon training.
C...
During a guide trip on the Allegheny River recently, my longtime guests Josh, Linda and I got on the subject of weather and how it relates to fishing. Josh commented on h...
This week’s calendar features a “so-called” short run. There’s also a long run with free shorts.
The 25th Annual Sean T. Smith Memorial Just a Short Run returns to North ...
The sudden change in weather patterns of the past two weeks, coupled with longer periods of daylight, did a remarkable job of ridding area waters of ice cover.
Happily, ...
We’ve all celebrated Groundhog Day.
But how about Raccoon Weekend?
Beaver County’s 4th Annual Rabid Raccoon 100 kicks off three days of trail and ultra running in Brady’s...
Adages are interesting, both in application and origin.
Some are biblical, such as “a thorn in the side” from 2 Corinthians. Or “flash in the pan,” when only the gunpowde...
This Saturday, we leave snowy February behind for the green of March, if only in our shamrocks, beer and, of course, running events.
Shamrock Run in Cranberry Township’s ...
I’m always intrigued by what fish eat in their natural world.
Fly fishermen have been known to use special stomach pumps to extract and examine from trout what’s been rec...
