Thanks to mapmyrun.com, I knew my hotel in Hamburg was a hop, skip and jump away from the Alster lake, a beautiful spot right in the heart of the city.  There’s a great five-mile run around it that goes mostly right along the water on a perfect dirt trail.  I had the opportunity to run […]

Where I live it’s always windy. But yesterday was far worse.  Sustained winds were about 20 mph, with gusts up to 30.  Not the best day for biking. But as Eddie Merckx was fond of saying, “Don’t be a big fat pansy.”  (Okay, actually I don’t know that The Cannibal ever said any such thing […]