Congratulations. You are embarking on a regimen that will change your life in astonishing and wonderful ways. Let’s talk about that for a minute, up front… set the darned old hook and get you committed. Then we’ll talk about...
Comparisons are Odious

As a lot of you know, I boast endlessly about my modest athletic stuff, to vindicate the advice in Younger Next Year and other books. Fine… that’s fair. (BTW, I did whopping 35 mile bike ride in 85 degree heat yesterday…just...
Slow Start

Sometimes Hilly and I get off to a fairly fast start on the day, despite being home-bound. Not today. I went and got the papers (duly masked etc) and went out on the porch to have coffee and catch...
Calm in Scary Times

This is just a little story, a true one, for the hell of it. Hey…we got nothing else to do. My mentor, S. Hazard Gilllespie, was one of the best lawyers in the country, a lovely man and and...
COVIDS AND WORKOUTS

There is no scientific proof that exercise helps a lot to prevent or ease COVID, although it sure seems logical…especially the part about strengthening your lungs and your circulatory system. Whatever the facts about that, we’ve known forever that...
Get Out The Door

The temperature soared into the upper fifties yesterday and I grabbed my bike and did a lovely 20 mile ride. Social distancing out doors is not hard up here: I saw maybe six people the whole time. What I...