"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 …
Category: Running & Cycling
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 …
It Changed My Life! Or Did It?
On a recent Saturday run I caught up to someone I hadn't met before, and to pass the time I struck up a conversation. Turned out she'd run the Western States 100 just two weeks prior. "I messed up my leg less than two miles into the race," she told me, "and it bothered me the …
Ultra Recovery: How Not to Cut Back on Training
Today makes exactly one month since Kettle Moraine, where I completed my first 100-mile trail ultra. And with no upcoming goal races in the near future, what have I been doing training-wise since then? The answer in brief is - not much, and too much. Not much, because I've cut back on training volume. Too …
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