A VERY UNUSUAL COLOR DOMINATED DOWNTOWN ANN ARBOR last Sunday. The 2012 Shamrocks & Shenanigans 5Kwas the reason over 2,000 runners crowded Main Street, most of them (yours truly included) sporting one or more shades of green. And a beaut-i-ful mornin' it was, too! Unfortunately, I was not in top form that day. My legs …
Author: RunBikeThrow
By day, I'm a mild-mannered Director of Training at a software company in Ann Arbor, MI. By night - I sleep, mostly. In between, I do other things I feel the need to write about. Check out fitnessat50.net to view my thoughts on running, cycling, Aikido, and other things that keep me going.
Home to the Kitchen
BACK HOME FOR A WHILE. Costa Rica was nice, as usual, but it's good to be done with travel for a while. I won't clutter this post with photos of my latest trip down there, since you'll only be jealous. Or maybe not; perhaps bright sunny mornings with temperatures around 70, flowers everywhere, and fresh …
An Unapologetic Trip and Recipe
OFF TO COSTA RICA ONE MORE TIME. Rough life, isn't it. But it's going to be mostly business, if that makes you feel any better. The running gear is coming along, of course - The Shamrocks 5K is Sunday, and a sub-20:00 time is still on the table as a goal. One thing for sure, …
Leap Day Victory!
UNTIL LAST NIGHT, I NEVER IMAGINED I WOULD HEAR THIS PHRASE after a race: "In first place, with a time of (something awesome) - Jeff Jackson from Ann Arbor!" Okay, maybe I imagined it, but I didn't think I'd actually hear it. But Wednesday night, at the 4-mile Leap Day Run at Willow Metropark, it …
