So my friend, who recently began running in his efforts to complete a half marathon, told me he can run 5-minute mile pace for 3 miles.  Not to be a doubter, I'm not so sure if he can.  Especially at this moment in time, I know I cannot do th...

As the cross country championship season takes flight, we're called to toe a line or two, or three.

So we open our competitive selves up to vulnerability; so we learn to let the inevitability of each day be. 
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So the forecast says "showers" but the mild Corvallis day instead offers flurries of colorful leaves.  Students are scurryng around campus as usual, but the XC ladies are getting ready to take off - and heading south to Eugene in pr...

OSU Beavers XC took the spectator-lined, well-manicured Mike Hodges Invitational course at Clackamas Community College in stride - even without their top three and four other teammates.  Orange- and black-clad friends and family cheered on the lad...

Fall is in full swing in Corvallis, as evidenced by the trees ablaze with autumn hues as the nationally ranked OSU Beavers XC team tears up the trails around campus. 

After an awesome trip to Alabama, where the ladies finished strong to finish ...

Some steeple clock chimes eight o’ clock over the sound of the Willamette Valley’s late summer, which is breezing through leaves outside my open windows.  Bruised legs, half-opened boxes and strewn-about things signal the seasonal tran...