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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.

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...

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.

Heavy rain washed out play Monday afternoon across the Cactus

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.