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 …
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 …
Supercooled
THE 15 DEGREE FORECAST FOR SUNDAY'S RACE TURNED OUT TO BE OPTIMISTIC. When I arrived at the Novi Civic Center for the Super 5K, my car's thermometer read 9 degrees. I didn't want to think about the wind chill. And yet over 1,400 runners showed up. That's the count of finishers, anyway. I'm not sure …
Snow? Sno’ What? Just Run
EARLIER THIS WEEK I HAD A FEW FREE MINUTES and visited some other running blogs. On this site, owned by a guy in California, I came across a comment from a runner in Ohio who admitted that it was tough to get motivated to run when it was cold outside. I responded as follows: "...Dress …
