ONE GREAT THING ABOUT RUNNING, as most runners will tell you (like one did last night at the ice cream shop) is that it's a great stress reliever. So on Tuesday, when an annoying assignment at work threatened to turn me into a grumpy, embittered soul, I jumped ship and went to Running Lab to …
Continue reading Chilling Out, and My Vanity Solves a Mystery
For someone from the center of all things maize-and-blue, green was quite a part of my life yesterday. There was the holiday red and green of the Holiday Hustle 5K in Dexter. This run holds a special place in my heart, being my first race, the first race in which I won an age group …
Yep, Tuesday was my birthday, and I enjoyed a nice quiet dinner with my wife and daughter at The Quarter Bistro, one of my favorite restaurants. All the food is good there, but it's renowned, in our family anyway, for its incredibly rich desserts. I prepared for the event with a vigorous session at Body …
Continue reading My Great Desserts, and Internet Creep Gets His Just Desserts
I hope everyone had a wonderful Thanksgiving! I'm sure all my running friends put the gear on and went out for a few miles before dinner to get in some healthy exercise and free up some calories for that second piece of pie. I was in downtown Ann Arbor Thursday morning for the Turkey Trot, …
Continue reading Not So Selfish? And a Perspective on Gratitude
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