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 …
Category: Running & Cycling
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 …
MY FIRST RACE OF 2012 IS IN! Under 21 minutes at the Super 5K - good for a finish in the top 100 overall. More to follow.
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 - …