The Osimpam Marathon 2025: A Race Against My Own Legs
April 26, 2025. A Saturday morning in Nyarkuadze, a teeny town in the Gomoa East district in the central region of Ghana. The sun already hung high, grinning. I found myself on the starting line among a crowd, waiting for the sound of the gun to dash off. It was the Osimpam Marathon 2025, my […]
The Running Billboard
I am but a running billboard. I run through Ojobi, sprint past Buduatta, jog in Dominase, and hop along Dabanyi with a sip of sunshine. The red earth gives me a piggyback, and ancient trees that bear the history of our culture drop a little confetti here and there wherever I manage to go. A […]
Farewell, Grimpies: How My Garden Sneakers Became My First Running Shoes
I heard a very enthusiastic runner on the BBC talk about the joy of running. I became a believer immediately. The next morning, I rummaged through my closet for running shoes. I couldn’t find any except Grimpies—the old canvas sneakers I wore to tend my garden. The first time I shared a photo of them, […]