I had no idea getting water into my body was so complicated. Yesterday morning I was on the Pinckney area trails with other runners training for the Run Woodstock ultramarathons in two weeks. While I will be volunteering this year and not running an ultra, I'll accept any excuse for a run with fellow trail …
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.
Recovery Rewards, and the Spartan Penalty
"Jeff, you look five years younger," Skip said to me as I walked onto the mat at Body Specs. "Your vacation must have agreed with you." It was my first day back from up north, and while I'd done some running and cycling, I'd also made myself get plenty of rest. Sleep does sometimes get shortchanged …
Why a Helmet is Worth a Bad Hair Day
THIS COULD HAVE BEEN A MUCH DIFFERENT STORY. Last week we camped with some good friends in the Empire area. One day we decided to take a group ride along the Sleeping Bear Heritage Trail. The ten miles between Empire and Glen Arbor are pretty and not terribly difficult. But for one friend, it was …
Those Four Little Words
Being a man can be tough. Now this is not some chauvinist rant about how women under-appreciate all that men do, or get mad when we don't share our innermost feelings, or fail to understand our need for fire, football, and grilling dead animals. While all that may be true, this is more a case …
RUN COFFEE WRITE 