Six Degrees (Below Zero) of Separation

Q: How far is it from Ann Arbor to Costa Rica? A: 3,600 miles and 85 degrees. I GOT A CHILLY RECEPTION ON MY ARRIVAL BACK IN MICHIGAN LAST THURSDAY. Not from my wife, who was happy to see me even at 1:00 a.m., but from Mother Nature, who must have felt the need to …

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No Top of the Hill

GOT IN A LITTLE HILL WORK DOWN SOUTH THIS WEEK. Costa Rica, to be more precise. As it was a business trip, with the inconvenient expectation of my employer that I actually work during the day, I didn't get to any of the destination spots. But I snuck in a couple of runs in the …

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Back on My Feet Again

IT FEELS GOOD TO FEEL GOOD. After several days of enforced rest (save for those pushups) I recovered from whatever I had and got back into the groove this week. Aikido on Monday went well, as did conditioning class Tuesday. Then I found that Coach Marie had given me 8 miles for Wednesday night - …

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