Men on a Mission!

dave@onyerleft.com — Tue, 28 Jul 2009 19:22:06 +0100

Word to wise on bike trails: onyerleft!
2 men on a mission hope to spread courtesy, safety
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July 28, 2009

BY MARK BROWN Sun-Times Columnist

Steve Lutz and Dave Kuhlmann are men on a mission who think they can change the world with three little words, which they actually have turned into just one little word to make it even easier for everybody.

Onyerleft.

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Sun-Times columnist Mark Brown

Welcome to the Quagmile!

dave@onyerleft.com — Mon, 20 Jul 2009 01:24:04 +0100

It seems as the challenge of staying afloat in this economic environment has grown
harder this year so has the challenge to shake off the winter pounds I'd
accumulated and get back on track with my running this summer.
The economy, the weather and family issues have all posed unique
challenges this year.

For the last several months I've been doing my favorite afternoon training run

Hello Darkness My Old Friend, Steves 4:30 a.m. wake up call!

dave@onyerleft.com — Thu, 16 Jul 2009 05:09:52 +0100

I am a runner!! ..I had forgotten that feeling until this morning when my alarm clock
alarm jolted me out of my dreams and into reality. I crept out of bed in the predawn.
It has been some time since Ihad this desire, but I feel it in my belly again and I am grateful I got up. I am arunner!! I missed the sights and sounds and smells of the Prairie Path that courses through the Western suburbs of Chicago, my "stomping grounds" if you will.
Calling it 'early' is being kind to the terRead More...

Rocky Mountain High...Telluride, Colorado

dave@onyerleft.com — Sat, 27 Jun 2009 05:49:09 +0100

I've been to Telluride, Colorado twice now. I now understand what John Denver was all worked up about! (Pure luck about the last name huh?) As my experienced neighbor, who hails from Colorado, says everytime I mention it; "Telluride? Heck, we used to call it 'To hell you ride'!" I never knew how right he could be! Both times I have trekked to Telluride, (7 hours from Denver by car) I encountered nasty delays pRead More...

'Funny the way it is, ' (homage to DMB) and the quest for balance in all phases of life......

dave@onyerleft.com — Sat, 13 Jun 2009 05:53:34 +0100

In this super high tech day and age I did a very retro thing yesterday; I bought a new cd. I've had an ipod for a couple of years now and don't even know where our huge rack of cds has gone. Everything has been downloaded to our itunes account and onto our ipods. Any new music we buy we do online. But as I stood waiting for coffee yesterday I spotted the new Dave Matthews Band (DMB) cd and scooped Read More...

On Yer Left! The new black??

dave@onyerleft.com — Sat, 06 Jun 2009 06:52:36 +0100

For the last three years I have been enjoying a new way to fit my running workout into my daily routine. Every day before work I catch the earliest commuter train downtown and head straight for the health club. I squeeze in a quick twenty minute cardio lifting program, shower, and hustle across the city to the trading floor at the Chicago Mercantile Exchange. After work I head back to the health club, Read More...

Revenge of the Stingray!!!

dave@onyerleft.com — Thu, 28 May 2009 17:12:05 +0100

Vacation time had finally arrived! We booked our Florida vacation months ago and had been counting down the cold,wet, dreary Chicago "spring" days ever since. Now it was time. Usually vacation time to me means taking a true break and leaving not only work but working out behind as well. This time I had other plans. We had visited the same spot 15 months earlier and I planned to do a coupRead More...

Rave Run on Chicago's Lakefront

dan@carrotseed.com — Sat, 16 May 2009 03:50:33 +0100

Chicago, is there a better place to live? I'm slightly biased as I was born and raised here. Not counting the four years I lived at school, I have lived in and around Chicago all my life. I was born in Marquette Park and raised in the suburbs. I have enjoyed working in downtown Chicago my entire adult life on the trading floor of the CME (Chicago Mercantile ExchaRead More...

Breaking "40"

dave@onyerleft.com — Fri, 01 May 2009 04:00:00 +0100

“You ever break 40 before?” the runner to my right asked. “No” was my short reply. Short because I was just crossing the 6 mile mark in the 10k race. The time on the clock read 38:30. I was pushing hard, trying my best to set a new “P.R.” (personal record) of under 40 minutes for the distance; 10 kilometers or 6.2 miles. The 6 mile part was easy, it was the last .2 that was the hardest! As anyone who has run a 10k before knows the last stretch, equivelant to 440meters or 1 lap on a standardRead More...

How OnYerLeft! was born...

dave@onyerleft.com — Fri, 24 Apr 2009 04:00:00 +0100

"OnYerLeft!" I had heard the phrase thousands of times before as I immersed myself into running and training for marathons. As I crossed trained riding my bike, I learned to call out, "OnYerLeft!" as I passed runners, walkers and other riders. As I have mentioned before I was a transformed offensive lineman turned runner.

As I ran more and more and began to look and feel more like a runner it became second nature to use the phrase to practice safety and courtesy on thRead More...

Welcome to OnYerLeft!

dave@onyerleft.com — Fri, 17 Apr 2009 04:00:00 +0100

Welcome to OnYerLeft!™ We design, produce and sell high quality athletic apparel bearing the logo and phrase, “OnYerLeft!” Our apparel is designed to remind walkers, skaters, runners, and cyclists to call out, “OnYerLeft!t” as they pass others on the trails and pathways. Our primary goal is to promote safety and courtesy among pathway users in order to promote teamwork and to develop a communal atmosphere among athletes.

Promoting Safety and AwareneRead More...

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