YOU KNOW YOU'RE FLYING when a high school runner steps aside to let you by. The snow came back to Michigan one day too late for Saturday's Winter Switchbacks 5K. So we had a reasonably clear and dry trail, much to the disappointment of the race organizers - and me, too. The Switchback Runs take …
Continue reading Drat That Good Weather! Winter Switchbacks Race Recap
Yes! There was snow! And I made the papers! (See below.) If I'm going to drive four hours to compete in a snowshoe race, it would be a major bummer for there to be no snow. And while Traverse City was patchy in spots, at Timber Ridge Resort there was plenty left on the trails. …
Continue reading Let There Be Snow! Bigfoot Snowshoe Race Recap
When one door closes another door opens... Alexander Graham Bell is given the credit for this piece of wisdom, though it sounds so universal I have to believe it's actually far older. For sure I would've thought it went back to Buddha, or Plato, or Moses, or the like. I've given this advice to my …
A VERY HAPPY NEW YEAR to all my readers! I had a great time over the holidays with family and friends. And I hope you did, too! Hope you got a visit from Santa Claus! (Or Santa Claws, as the case may be); Hope you got to dress up in your finest; That you got to …
