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 …
Category: Running & Cycling
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 …
An Excellent Day
ONE OF LIFE'S LITTLE PLEASURES FOR ME is to stop by Zingerman's Bakehouse on my way to work. Along with the Enough Already bagel, my favorites include the cinnamon roll - but only if it's up to my very particular standards. Fortunately, Angie and the other wonderful people who work there keep me safe from …
