A GORGEOUS DAY AND A LARGE, COLORFUL CROWD characterized Sunday's 2011 Dexter-Ann Arbor half marathon. Sunny and warm, 3,000 people fired up to run, and the race started on time. Who could ask for more? Tougher than me – the wheelers at the starting line. My pacing plan was 8:00 for the first four miles, …
49 Years, Seven Words
IT ONLY TOOK ME 49 YEARS TO LEARN HOW TO CHANGE A BIKE TUBE. I got the bike out for a quick evening ride, only to find the front tire was flat. Investigation turned up a crack at the base of the valve stem. Into the bike bin for a new tube. I’ve always had …
A Proper English Recovery
A FLAT ROUTE AND A BIKE THAT WORKED was all I needed. Recovery day was a 4-mile easy run or a 20-mile easy ride. I was in the mood to bike, but not in the mood for hills, so I drove into Glen Arbor and rode out M22 for a while and back. As a …
Lakes and Shakes
A COLD WET MORNING kept me from starting my Saturday run at 8:15 a.m. as usual. That’s what happens when I’m away from my regular running group, who heads out at that time rain or shine. I geared up around noon, only to find out the batteries on my Garmin were nearly dead. So it …
RUN COFFEE WRITE 