Category Archives: Travel

Cabin Fever and the Value of Exercise on Long-Haul Flights

Posted on February 12, 2018 by Jon Waldron

I didn’t experience my first really long plane flight until I was in my 50s. Until then, my longest trips had involved flying across the United States from coast to coast, or flying from the East Coast of the U.S. … Continue reading →

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Postcard: Lilongwe

Posted on February 4, 2018 by Jon Waldron

[In January 2018, I traveled with my family to Lilongwe, the Capital City of Malawi, to visit my daughter Joni, her husband Dennis, and their fifteen-month-old twins Noah and Abby. Up until May 2017, their family lived in Silver Springs, Maryland, … Continue reading →

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Japan Journal: Notes of a Shy Traveler

Posted on March 17, 2017 by Jon Waldron

“Churches and trains They all look the same to me now They shoot you some place While we ache to come home somehow” – Gregory Alan Isakov, Amsterdam

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Japan Journal: Race Day

Posted on March 15, 2017 by Jon Waldron

Ojiyama Stadium, Otsu, Japan — Start of the Biwako Mainichi Marathon — March 5, 2017 In the audio, you can hear me say that 77 seconds (for the first 400) is “2:12:30 pace…” It is actually about 2:14:30 pace. This miscalculation had … Continue reading →

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Japan Journal: Final Preparations

Posted on March 13, 2017 by Jon Waldron

Elite athlete interviews prior to Saturday’s technical meeting for foreign athletes I suspect that some of my readers — those who have patiently endured my travelogue so far — have not been distracted, nor have they forgotten that the reason I … Continue reading →

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Le Nord

Posted on December 23, 2016 by Jon Waldron

I guess we’ve all had that odd experience of waking up from a vivid dream and for a few moments having no idea where we are. I sometimes have a similar experience in real life, too, when after sleepwalking through days … Continue reading →

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