My 2025 race season has officially begun. Last weekend I headed up to Traverse City for the Bigfoot Snowshoe Race. It’s just what the name says. You put on snowshoes and follow either a 5K or 10K course through Timber Ridge Resort, part on groomed ski trails and part bushwhacked “singletrack” through the woods, including …
Category: Ultramarathons
Oakwood 24: The Grateful Not Dead
At a recent New Year’s Eve party, a friend asked me what some might consider a rather profound question. “Did your wife’s passing make you feel more grateful for the health and fitness you have?” he asked. I didn’t have to think about my answer. “No. I’ve been very grateful about that for a long …
Taking a Knee (Or Several)
One week ago I was somewhere in Pennsylvania, driving to New York for a trail race, when I flipped on the radio and these were the first words I heard. (Yes, really.) Long distance runner, what you standin' there for?Get up, get out, get out of the door. Okay, who am I to argue with …
Getting Back At It
YOU KNOW YOU'RE HOPELESS when you’ve just finished a long run or bike ride on a beautiful day, you’re heading home with your well-deserved coffee and pastry, you see someone running, and you think to yourself, “I could be doing that right now.” Never had that happen, you say? Consider yourself fortunate. Me? I experience …
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