This page will be a vehicle for the ranting and raving of the lunatic runner, Budd Glassberg. Because I am the webmaster of this site, I can take up this cyberspace to express my opinions, observations, anecdotes intentions, urges and digestive purges. These columns are all reprinted with the permission of the Zionsville Times Sentinel where they first appeared under the banner "Good Sports" (from July '03 through June '07) and the "Footprints" banner since then. Other columns are from the Boone County Parent Magazine (labeled with BCPM).
. One caveat; before you read on I wish to warn each of you with my disclaimer, "Anyone who reads this dribble deserves whatever IQ lowering effects it will probably have on his or her mind."
Note: Budd Glassberg is an 24 year resident of Zionsville. He has been running for 51 years and is a veteran of 19 marathons and 13 ultra marathons including two 100 mile runs. He is the world record holder for 10 miles (see column on 11/7/07). He is active in the Zionsville running community. He lives in Zionsville with his wife Maureen and two daughters (at times), Josie and Ellie (all runners themselves).
To correspond with Budd Glassberg, send an e-mail to budd@runz.com .
Columns: Click on a link below to see the column
Footprints Vanishing With the Tides 5/7/08
Also Known as Vimar, The Millicent 4/23/08
Incident at Penny's Diner 4/16/08
Birds, Trees, Music, Earth and a Run 4/11/08 (Submitted but not published by ZTS)
Otherwise Known as Sheila the Great 4/9/08
Inside Baseball for the Cub Fan 4/2/08 (Not a Footprints Column but in Sports Page)
This Is Next Year 4/2/08
Setting Our Sights on the Wrong Goal 3/26/08
The Missing Ingredient 3/19/08
Doing Something Nice for Our Mother 3/12/08
Thankful for the Memories 3/5/08
This Anti-Mini Will Be Special 2/27/08
A Real Forrest Gump 2/20/08
Rising to the Top 2/13/08
A Pleasant Race in the Woods 1/30/08
This American Life 1/23/08
Zionsville's Main (Street) Problem 1/16/08
Cold, Dark, Companions 1/9/08
Using Our Gifts 1/2/08
Our Civic Duty 12/26/07
A Taxing Thought 12/7/07
Peace on Earth, Goodwill to Men 12/5/07
Don't Wait for the Video 11/28/07
This Time it was Different 11/21/07
Playing in the Woods 11/14/07
Five Runners Go Below World Record in Zionsville 11/7/07
Slow it Down a Little Please 10/31/07
Because They're Fun 10/24/07
Tagging Along for the Ride 10/17/07
Sometimes Nothing Can Be a Pretty Cool Hand 10/10/07
Leavin' With the One What Brought Ya to the Dance 10/3/07
If the Shoe Fits 9/26/07
This Whole Competitive Thing 9/19/07
Earthlings 9/12/07
Of Gravity and Time 9/5/07
If Not Now, When? 8/29/07
Don't Let it Go Unsaid 8/22/07
Preparation (H)owl 8/15/07
Do You Have a Little Gas 8/8/07
Time for a Break 8/1/07
Around and Around They Go 7/25/07
Icing on the Cake 7/18/07
What Does This Column Have to Do With Sports? 7/11/07
Unable to Rest on His Laurels 6/27/07
Sacrificing for the Common Good 6/20/07
This Race Made FANS of All of Us 6/13/07
The Obscure Celebrity 6/6/07
This Tortoise Has No Hair 5/30/07
Rushing to a Wrong Conclusion 5/23/07
Be the Change You Wish for the World 5/16/07
The Cubs Complied (part 2 of 2) 5/9/07
Magic at Wrigley Field (part 1 of 2) 5/2/07
Z'GreenFest 1st Annual, Booming Success 4/25/07
Fun Run for the Little Ones Unpublished
The Barefoot Shoemaker 4/11/07
A Nice Way to Spend a Half Day 4/4/07
The Wondrous Wunderli 3/28/07
Turning Off Your Mind 3/21/07
Musings on a Sunday Afternoon 3/14/07
Mother Earth Has Her Day 3/7/07
Encountering ED 2/28/07
Into The Woods BCPM Spring 2007
Compartmentalizing the Time You Exercise 2/21/07
Fun from the Sky 2/14/07
The Colts Deserved this One 2/7/07
Deal of the Century 1/31/07
Soup or Bowl Sundae Dilemma 1/24/07
Colts are the Pat's Patsies no More 1/17/07
Wall Street Journal Bares its Sole 1/10/07
The Freedom to Venture Away from Home 1/3/07
Going Long in the Land of Lincoln 12/27/06
"Y" I am Proud to be a Geezer 12/20/06
Grandpa, Billy and the HOSPIS Visit 12/13/06
Lovie, Don't Take Offense at this Suggestion 12/6/06
` Five Decades of Love and Frustration 11/22/06
What Do We Love? Hills! 11/8/06
The Dreaded Shoe Police 11/1/06
The Charlie Brown Syndrome 10/25/06
Getting the Most With What They Were Given 10/18/06
An Open Letter to the ZMS Cross-country Team 10/11/06
An Ironman Streak Even Cal Ripkin Would be Proud of 10/4/06
California Waves and Sirens Sing 9/27/06
How Far is it to the End of the Trail 8/9/06
Some Thoughts on a Very Hot Day 8/2/06
The Sun is Setting on a Memorable Series 7/26/06
Leading a Horse to Water 7/19/06
Character Witness 7/12/06
Getting my Ducks in a Row 7/5/06
Getting by With a Little Help From My Friends 6/28/06
Going it Alone with a Bunch of Good Friends 6/21/06
Mommy, What's that Man got on his Feet? 6/14/06
The Family that Runs Together.... 5/31/06
The Mustard Seed Cure 5/24/06
Random Thoughts at the Anti-Mini 5/10/06
The Sky is the Limit 5/3/06
The Zionsville Anti-Mini Marathon Movement 3/15/06
He is Taking it with Him 3/8/06
Endeavoring to Endure 3/1/06
The Cure for Impatience 2/22/06
Ready Set Go - Yoga Spring '06 BCPM
A Great Way to Start the Day 2/8/06
A Different Way of Life 2/1/06
More Than Just a Park 1/25/06
I Think I'll Take the Stairs 12/28/05
Go Ahead and Screw Up Your Shoes 12/21/05
Semper Fi, They Are Not 12/14/05
The Best Laid Plans (Part 3 of 3) 11/30/05
Looking For Mr. Cave Dog (Part 2 of 3) 11/23/05
The Man Known as Cave Dog (Part 1 of 3) 11/16/05
Putting on the Derby 11/2/05
Coaching FUNdamentals Winter '05 BCPM
Rowing Down the River 10/12/05
Zionsville on the Move 10/5/05
Appreciating the Time We Have 9/21/05
Gray Whiskers, Shiny Heads and Guile 9/14/05
He's Beginning to Sound Like a Broken Record 9/7/05
A Sunday in the Park 8/24/05
Au Revoir Elle 8/17/05
The Pusher Men are Lurking in the Parks 8/3/05
Chatter, What's the matter with you? 7/27/05
Putting Sport in its Place Fall '05 BCPM
Where are my shoes? On Vacation 7/20/05
When Michael Found His Grove 7/13/05
The Fall From Grace and a Leap of Faith (Part 3 of 3) 6/29/05
Stepping off the Platform (Part 2 of 3) 6/22/05
Fear; The Darkroom Where Negatives are Developed (Part 1 of 3) 6/15/05
A Few Suggestions from a Seasoned Veteran 6/8/05
The Rest of the Stories 5/11/05
Don't Put on Your High Heeled Sneakers 5/4/05
Summer Fun in the Parks Summer '05 BCPM
Back to Back 4/20/05
Getting Lapped by the Sun 4/13/05
Umstead 100 mile run (very long) - 4/2-4/3/05 (unpublished)
A Night in the Park 3/30/05
The Power of Those Glowing Screens 3/23/05
Passing Down Those Stubborn Genes 3/16/05
Hail to the Orange, Hail to the Blue 3/9/05
PE4Life; It Can Happen Here 3/2/05
Taking it up to a New Level 2/23/05
A New Paradigm of Physical Education 2/16/05
The Obnoxious Athlete 2/2/05
The Ugly Stepchild of Education Spring '05 BCPM
Making the First Tracks of the Day 1/26/05
Keeping Your Eye on the Prize 1/19/05
A Few Minutes of Pure Glorious Agony 1/5/05
Confessions of an Ice Jumper 12/29/04
The Anti-Mini Returns with a Vengeance 12/22/04
The Last Shall Be First 12/15/04
I am Finally Taking a Stand 12/8/04
Trading my 15 Minutes of Fame 12/1/04
It Follows a Natural Progression 11/24/04
Too Old to Run a Long One? 11/17/04
How About a Pick-up Game 11/10/04
Memories of a Hole in the Ceiling 11/3/04
A Question of Balance 10/27/04
The Most Coach-able Cross-country Runner 10/20/04
They Did it One More Time, With Feeling (Part 4 of 3) 10/13/04
Goals and Momentum and Squealing Pigs 10/6/04
Got to Trot 9/29/04
A View From the Back 9/29/04
The Reluctant Sports Fan 9/15/04
Doctors to the Rescue 9/1/04
A Sport For the Non-Athlete Fall '04 BCPM
Fanning the Flame 8/25/04
A Century of Suffering (Part 3 of 3) 8/18/04
They Found a New Way to Lose (Part 2 of 3) 8/11/04
Just Another Day at the Ballpark (Part 1 of 3) 8/4/04
Miles from Nowhere 7/28/04
My Most Memorable Moment 7/14/04
Olympic Glory 7/7/04
Who Can Whisper The Loudest 6/30/04
The World's Most Effective Nation 6/23/04
Come One, Come All 6/9/04
Watch What You're Doing 6/2/04
You Can Always Do One More 5/26/04
Messing About in Boats 5/19/04
Running to Santa Cruz, CA 5/12/04
He is a Master Sheff 5/5/04
A Buffet of Sports Spring '04 BCPM
Some Last Minute Tips to Anti-Mini Runners 4/28/04
Doing What You Set Out To Do 4/21/04
Z How They Run 4/14/04
Getting a Jump on the Geriatrics 4/7/04
Teaching This Old Dog a New Trick 3/31/04
Trying to Cover All Your Bases 3/24/04
We Drove All This Way For That? 3/10/04
Having the Time of My Life 3/3/04
Roving the Eight and Two Method 2/26/04
Too Cold and Slippery to Run? 2/19/04
The Fun Factor 2/5/04
Fit or Fat 1/21/04
Hustle Charlie to the HOSPITAL 1/14/04
The Anti-Mini Alternative 1/7/04
Here's A Revolting Idea 12/31/03
Houchen's Impact on a Windshield and Visa Versa 12/24/03
This Race Is Dedicated To The One I Love 12/17/03
A Hill Of A Workout 12/10/03
When The Weather Turns 12/03/03
My Kind of Athletes 11/26/03
Self Discipline & Delayed Gratification 11/19/03
Tree Lined & Rugged & Hills, Oh my! 11/12/03
Sometimes I Just Runs 10/29/03
A Case For The Morning 10/22/03
Good Losers 10/15/03
Modern Day Hardships 10/8/03
Getting Off The Hard Stuff 10/1/03
This Man Has Heart 9/24/03
Does Your Wife Know 9/17/03
That Silver Lining 9/3/03
Mental Toughness 8/20/03
Indiana Jones, The Hurdler 8/6/03
Mom Always Knew Where We Were 7/30/03
"Hurts Good" 7/23/03
There Is No Try 7/16/03
They Will Pull Your Heartstrings 7/2/03