David Freeze

5 days ago | salisburypost.com | David Freeze

Published 10:10 pm Sunday, June 1, 2025 On Saturday, June 7, the Price of Freedom Museum will celebrate its biggest event of the year with the D-Day Remembrance. Doors open at 9 a.m. and will remain open until 3 p.m. The opening ceremony is set for 10 a.m. in the parking lot with guest speaker Travis Allen, sheriff of Rowan County. The museum has been undergoing extensive work over the last year. Exhibits have been updated and remodeled and new displays have been added.

1 week ago | salisburypost.com | David Freeze

Published 12:00 am Saturday, May 31, 2025 It has been a few years since Rowan had a genuine trail race. Nazareth Children’s Home has its popular Fun Fest on June 7 and in conjunction it is offering a trail race on their property at the East Rowan YMCA. What does a trail race mean, how is it different from a road race and what should you expect? I am going to be specific about the Nazareth trail race when describing what it means.

2 weeks ago | salisburypost.com | David Freeze

Published 12:00 am Saturday, May 24, 2025 We finished our spring beginning runners class a few weeks ago. During the class, I happened to mention to Mike Lippard, an exercise physiologist by trade, that I was still very tight in my core area even though I was healing well from my broken back. Mike suggested cupping and said he had great success with it and that it improved flexibility for him.

3 weeks ago | salisburypost.com | David Freeze

Published 12:00 am Saturday, May 17, 2025 I’m writing this column on the night before the one-year anniversary of my accident and broken back that happened on May 15, 2024. Oddly, as I lay on the bed in the trauma unit, I decided to make my best effort to complete two challenges. Granted, I didn’t know how badly my back was damaged. That night, I knew I wanted to return to run the Special Olympics Torch Run the next year, something I had done on the morning of the fall.

3 weeks ago | salisburypost.com | David Freeze

Published 12:07 am Tuesday, May 13, 2025 CHINA GROVE — Friday evening in China Grove was all about change. By 6 p.m., Main Street from Ross Street to Kimball Road was closed in expectation of more than 330 runners taking to the street. By 7:15 p.m., a pleasantly cool evening had settled in as a group of toddlers kicked off the events of the China Grove Main Street Challenge with their bedlam “out and back” sprint of 200 yards.