At Upper Iowa University
My old friend, Bill Duffy, who worked with me at Appalachian State University many years ago, is now President of Upper Iowa University. UIU is a small private Division II school in Fayette, Iowa....
Author: Claude
Myrtle Beach Marathon (Correction)
If you’re a regular subscriber to this blog, there’s probably an error on the previous post about the Myrtle Beach Marathon. I noticed after I hit “Publish” that at one point in the story...
The Myrtle Beach Marathon
Some of my friends have asked when would I post the Myrtle Beach Marathon story. I guess it’s time. That story has been around the world a couple of times, so many of you...
Leaving Cooper Ridge
Leigh and I knew we were going to write Finding Strong several years before we actually started it. We didn’t know the title (as a matter of fact, Leigh never knew the title of...
A Walhalla Saturday Night
Since Leigh passed away in 2012, I’ve seen her or imagined seeing her on several occasions. Whenever I see a young woman running along the road, I imagine that it is Leigh. That thought...
Coaching
Leigh began coaching cross-country at Watauga High in 1993. She inherited a very good girls’ team, they having won the state championship in 1990 and 1992, when Leigh’s sister, Holley, was an all-state runner....
The Day the Music Died
This post is dedicated to my friend, Bill, who lives near Chicago. Bill is a loyal follower of my blog. He doesn’t always agree 100% with what I say, but he never hesitates to...
Full Disclosure
It’s interesting, and a little frightening, how politicians and so-called important people are so closely scrutinized these days. It seems that if the media or the opposing political party disagrees with a point of...
Haleigh’s Project
Once again I’m going to post something Haleigh wrote. She’s getting more like her mom every day. This is the sort of thing Leigh would do if the roles were reversed. Haleigh posted the...
Be Strong
Being strong was always important to Leigh from the time when she was about 5 or 6 years old. She did pushups and situps with me at that age and could beat any boy...