Charlie Kern

In the summer of 2010, I had the opportunity to assist Nike with a new project.  Patrick Tomasiewicz put the idea in motion for Nike to invite the top ten returning male and female HS athletes to Beaverton.  These athletes would have the opportunity to learn more about various aspects of training and racing from Continue Reading

I recently went to the great state of Indiana to run in the US Indoor Masters Championships.  The entire family left Friday after school headed for Indianapolis.  On the way we helped Lynne deal with her fear of Windmills; they can be a little creepy!  We were excited to stop at a steakhouse, but realized Continue Reading

This past weekend Lynne and I went to Boston as I was invited to run the Masters Mile at the New Balance Boston Indoor Games.  I had a great time (pun intended)!  Unbeknownst to us, we flew on the same plane as Ross Dettman, the best photographer I know.  Ross was there to photograph Maggie Continue Reading

Today, I went with my family to see the film version of the book, The Invention of Hugo Cabret.  We read the book to our children a couple years ago and I was excited to see how Martin Scorsese would bring the story to life.  Despite my excitement, the sandman quickly took hold of me. Continue Reading