LAST WEEK I WROTE ABOUT NEEDING A "FIRE" - SOMETHING TO RUN FOR. Well, due to last Thursday's storm, now I do. Please read on. Bob and Katie Jazwinski are cross-country coaches at Dexter High School. My niece Robin is on the cross-country team, and Katie is her coach. Until recently, Katie was preparing for …
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Wearin’ O’ the Green, and Quest for Fire
A VERY UNUSUAL COLOR DOMINATED DOWNTOWN ANN ARBOR last Sunday. The 2012 Shamrocks & Shenanigans 5Kwas the reason over 2,000 runners crowded Main Street, most of them (yours truly included) sporting one or more shades of green. And a beaut-i-ful mornin' it was, too! Unfortunately, I was not in top form that day. My legs …
Home to the Kitchen
BACK HOME FOR A WHILE. Costa Rica was nice, as usual, but it's good to be done with travel for a while. I won't clutter this post with photos of my latest trip down there, since you'll only be jealous. Or maybe not; perhaps bright sunny mornings with temperatures around 70, flowers everywhere, and fresh …
Leap Day Victory!
UNTIL LAST NIGHT, I NEVER IMAGINED I WOULD HEAR THIS PHRASE after a race: "In first place, with a time of (something awesome) - Jeff Jackson from Ann Arbor!" Okay, maybe I imagined it, but I didn't think I'd actually hear it. But Wednesday night, at the 4-mile Leap Day Run at Willow Metropark, it …
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