My name is Nate, and I am stupid. Running has been a major part of my life since my sophomore year of high school. I decided to try outdoor track that year. After dropping impressive times of 6:05 in the 1600m and 2:49 in the 800m I decided that I should probably stick with it. As my high […]
Author: Nate Lieske
Brian Quotes
Over the past year I have had the great honor and pleasure of sharing The Office of the Treasury with Brian McCullough. Throughout this year I have collected some of his most memorable quotes. Intro: Brian has many interesting thoughts, but much like the great Greek philosopher Socrates, he does not write them down. So like Socrates’s student, […]
The Life of a Power Walker
Short post here about the life of a power walker A sequel to Jacob Grant’s Life of an Aqua Jogger A response to Matt Stasiukevicius’s A Brief Slam The power walker is, with no doubt, the victim of some freak accident That relegates him to go with out biking or running when practicin’ His team runs off, and […]
Capital Relays Meet Recap
Brought to you by the Office of the Treasury After a spring break filled with road trips, naps and procrastination twenty-three of UMD Club Running’sTm finest descended upon American University. They proceeded to dominate events ranging from a 100m race walk to the 5k. Those who had been to this infamous track before recounted stories of iced […]
The Odyssey of a Homemade Singlet
In loving memory of five dead pigeons To truly understand the journey our beloved homemade singlet undertook during its glorious existence we must start from the beginning. Chapter I – The Canvas The date was February 16, 2018. The location was Thousand Oaks, California. I entered a running store with my aunt and mother called Roadrunner Sports. […]