Welcome to Just Run
Welcome to "Just Run" my modest attempt at a blog about all things running. My name is Chuck Kaekel and I have been running on and off for almost 40 years.
Create your Garlic Fest poster
Spice up your art portfolio and enter the 2019 Gilroy Garlic Festival Art Poster Contest.
Artists across the country are being invited to submit their original artwork for the chance to win cash prizes in the 2019 contest.
The winning entry will be reproduced as a...
Take in the wonders of Denali
Alaska is such a vast and varied place that any trip there can only superficially touch the few sites that a traveler might choose to visit. It is hard to imagine that even a lifelong Alaska resident can truly “know” such an immense and wild place.
All-boy Pool Party is Really a Testosterone Fiesta
In our house, nothing says summer like a pool party. In fact, it's a well-known Sontag Family rule that we cannot even mention the word "summer" until after Junior's pool party.
MLB: Athletics to start Anderson against Reds
Heavy rain washed out play Monday afternoon across the Cactus
Brilliant bulbs for spring planting
Take a drive down any stretch of U.S. 101 south of San Jose and your nose will lead you to Gilroy. Famous for its aromatic allium, the garlic bulb, any Gilroyan will tell you it’s first thing they smell when they open their door. I’m a big fan of this pungent bulb. Aside from its obvious culinary uses, garlic has an abundance of health benefits. And, if you’ve ever forgotten to cut back your curly edible garlic-scapes, they make a beautiful flower.
Time and energy spent on Janet-Justin and botox
Why do we make such a big deal out of events that are, in the















