March Weather Rambles, so I Will Too

The problem with March is that it can’t figure out what it wants to be. At the start of this month I ran on a sunny morning in Minnesota, temperature -11 degrees F. Here’s what I wore on that run – and yes, I wore EVERY article pictured. In like a lion, out like a …

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Pre-Ann Arbor Marathon Cleanup Plog!

The Ann Arbor Marathon is Sunday, March 24, and I'll again be serving as Zero Waste Team captain. Since 2017, when we began the zero waste program at the marathon, we've recycled or composted over 97 percent of all race waste! This year we'll make it an even more environmentally responsible event by doing some …

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Feeling The Urge Again

A little less than two years ago, my wife and I were in Boston, walking to the marathon expo to pick up my race packet. It was a gorgeous sunny late morning, and along the Charles River people of all ages and body types were running on the path and over the bridge we crossed …

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Take Care of Myself? Good Idea, Wimp

Would someone please slap me upside my neofrontal cortex and tell me that resting and eating ice cream while I’m sick does not make me a lazy glutton. Because any time I skip some training, part of my brain is nags me about it, good reason or not. I came down with a cold or …

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