Getting started
The world doesn’t need another running blog, now, does it?
No. But I do. As some of you may be aware, I have another blog, which I’ve kept since early 2004. After five years, though, I’ve realized that scattershot writing about whatever crosses my mind may be useful and entertaining (to me), but that a lot of the good stuff, the interesting stuff, is about running.
So unlike Flashes of Panic, this site is intended to be much more specific. Here, I plan to write about running. I won’t necessarily be writing about my own running, but I won’t always be punditizing about professional athletics, either. I may post occasional short notes, but I hope to post something like a column-length essay on a biweekly basis, and I plan to hold those pieces to a slightly higher standard than I usually hold for blog posts. (That is, rather than just hoping for correct spelling and recognizable grammar, I will be attempting to coherently and concisely develop actual thoughts. Several years ago, Amby told me that “good writing is about good thinking,” and I’ll aspire to both.) Put another way, I’m hoping to take a professional approach to this weblog.
So, enough about goals. Let’s talk about running.