The Cost of Healthcare: $2,000 Per Mile

ONE HOT TUESDAY EVENING IN APRIL 2010, I WENT ON A FIVE-MILE TRAINING RUN with my local running group. My assignment was an average pace of around 7:30 per mile, a challenging effort for me at the time. But I was training for my first half marathon and needed to build up my stamina. I …

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Lean Dinners for Fat Tuesday

TODAY WAS MARDI GRAS, bien sûr, and in Ann Arbor you couldn't take three steps without running into some place selling pączkis. Traditionally, these were made to use up lard and sugar you weren't allowed to eat during Lent. With 40 days of relative privation ahead, one could be forgiven for packing away a few …

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How to Gear up for Winter Running

IT'S BEEN A BIT NIPPY OUTSIDE, as those of you in the Midwest may have noticed, and at under 30 degrees, my running gloves just cannot keep my hands warm. I have Brooks mittens that do the job, but I could not find them. My daughter, who also runs, dug around in her car and …

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