"HERE'S THE WORLD'S MOST PROLIFIC RUNNER," I heard over the loudspeaker as I charged across the finish line. As much charge as I could muster wearing snowshoes, but I tried my best to make it look good. Saturday was the Bigfoot Snowshoe 5K race in Traverse City. One year ago here I began my quest …
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2015: Back From the Moon – Now What?
"Once you've gone to the moon, staying home just isn't good enough." - Astronaut Eugene Cernan THERE I WAS after the Holiday Hustle last month, innocently enjoying the completion of over 30 races in 2014 and becoming the first person to run every Running Fit event in a year. Then I got asked the question. "So, …
The Choices We Make – and Don’t
At a writer's retreat some years ago, I was asked to read a favorite poem. I recited Robert Frost's The Road Not Taken. Having learned it in high school choir, (where we performed its musical arrangement), I thought I knew something about what it meant. A guy goes for a walk, sees two virtually identical paths to …
‘Tis Better to Do than to Receive
At the start of my Monday evening yoga class, we lie flat on our mats, lights dimmed, and our instructor tells us to "go to a favorite place." This is necessary preparation; we must relax and think happy thoughts while attempting to turn ourselves into pretzels. I take myself to hanging out at our campground …
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