Footfall by Mike Kratzer
Trail running is built from footfalls — raw, rhythmic, sometimes sloppy, always sacred. Each one is a little act of defiance against gravity, asphalt, and the chaos you left behind in the city.
Bicycle by Mike Kratzer
There’s a moment — always — when you're grinding up a switchback, lungs on fire, and some guy on a mountain bike glides past you.
Lazy by Mike Kratzer
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] Mike Kratzer runs. See for yourself. RUNNING THOUGHT is Mike’s writings in response to someone giving him only one word of inspiration. ‘Lazy’ supplied by Josh Rosenthal Trail running is the antidote to lazy. Not the kind of lazy where you skip chores or sleep in. I’m talking about the lazy that creeps into your soul — the psychic rust that eats away at your edges while you pretend your life is “balanced.” Screw balance. You don’t drag your ass up a mountain at dawn because you’re chasing symmetry. You do it because the couch tried to kill you slowly and you saw it happening. There’s