RECENTLY I WENT TO MY BOSS’S OFFICE for a regular meeting. Annoyed by some quality issues I found while reviewing other people’s work, I asked him, “Can I leave early and go to the dojo? I feel like throwing some people around.” I was joking, of course, but it expressed both the frustration I felt …
R&R: Run and Reunion
MY FIRST RUN IN A WEEK, and I wasn’t sure how things would go. My bike trip from Ann Arbor to Clare had been fun but draining, and despite a rest day Friday, I had no idea how my body would respond to the long run Coach Marie put on my schedule. It was my …
Is There a Barista in the House?
ONTO THE BIKE AT 8:00 SUNDAY MORNING for a checkout ride prior to my 150-mile ride Wednesday and Thursday. Kind of a “dress rehearsal for my dress rehearsal,” as my midweek ride will be to check out part of the full route to Glen Arbor in July 2012. My objective was downtown Jackson, specifically the …
In the Heat of the Night
MOTHER NATURE DID NOT CONSULT MY COACH. The temperature Wednesday afternoon got to at least 100 degrees, without taking the heat index into account. Hot enough that the regular 6:30 p.m. run out of Running Fit downtown had been cancelled. Coach Marie, helpful as ever, had suggested that everyone join her on a 5:45 a.m. …
RUN COFFEE WRITE 