RAN INTO (WELL, WITH) MY FORMER RUNNING 101 INSTRUCTOR this morning, who was back from California for a visit. Turned out she was done with the West Coast and on her way to North Carolina for a new job selling gear for Columbia Sportswear. True to form, she was zipping along at the head of …
Category: Running & Cycling
Feeling the Heat
IT HAD COOLED OFF TO 96 DEGREES by 6:30 p.m., the start of the regular Wednesday evening run from Running Fit downtown. At least there wasn’t any doubt about what clothes I’d need; as light as possible on everything (man, my new Kinvaras feel really good in this weather). And lay on the suntan lotion. …
If It’s Not One Thing, …
BACK ON THE BIKE for an evening ride, after yet another trip to the bike shop on Sunday. I had put the repaired front tire back on at home (see my June 3 post), only to find that the brakes were grabbing. Fiddle as I might with the cable and adjustment screws, I couldn’t get …
One Start, Two Finishes
A GORGEOUS DAY AND A LARGE, COLORFUL CROWD characterized Sunday's 2011 Dexter-Ann Arbor half marathon. Sunny and warm, 3,000 people fired up to run, and the race started on time. Who could ask for more? Tougher than me – the wheelers at the starting line. My pacing plan was 8:00 for the first four miles, …
RUN COFFEE WRITE 