Countdown to the “500 at 50” trip – T minus 6 days

BRIGHT AND EARLY next Tuesday morning, I push off from home on the first leg of my long-planned 500 mile trip to our campground and back. I feel oddly calm about something I've planned and trained for since 2007, when I first thought about doing this trip. Much of that is likely due to my …

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Various and Sundry

TIME TO CATCH UP ON A FEW THINGS going on in the Fitness at 50 world that haven't warranted a full post by themselves. So here we go: Running: Back up to double-digit mile running after three weeks of post-marathon recovery. It's been a bit frustrating because I expected to recover faster. Coach Marie told …

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Stranded and Indolent?

Dear Beneficiary, I am Dr. Ngozi Okonji-Iweala, the newly appointed Honorable Minister, Federal Ministry of Finance (FMF) Federal Government of Nigeria. We apologies, for the delay of your payment and all the inconveniences and inflict that we might have indulged you through. However, we were having some minor problems with our payment system, which is …

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What I Did for Father’s Day

SO WHICH FATHER'S DAY EVENT DO YOU SUPPOSE I ENJOYED MOST: a) A cookout at my in-laws, with the Tigers game on b) Getting up at 5:30 to run the Ann Arbor Marathon c) My daughter calling me a "badass" on Facebook for doing (b) I think you can guess. As for the marathon, I …

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