God of Walkers
I haven’t got any special religion. My God is the God of Walkers. If you walk hard enough, you probably don’t need any other God. —Bruce Chatwin, In Patagonia
Category: inspiration
Hero Worship
A longtime running hero of mine doesn’t run. She walks. At a fast clip. She’s a middle-aged Hasidic woman, and I see her on mornings when my jog takes me onto Kent Avenue, a popular running route in my neighborhood. Usually I’m northbound in the bike lane with the stroller …
I Would Walk 500 Miles
People who walk the entire French Route of the Camino de Santiago are used to jokes about the 1993 Proclaimers’ hit “I’m Gonna Be (500 Miles).” For me, these jokes usually come when I’m trying to explain why I took off the entire month of May (all my vacation time …