Today makes exactly one month since Kettle Moraine, where I completed my first 100-mile trail ultra. And with no upcoming goal races in the near future, what have I been doing training-wise since then? The answer in brief is - not much, and too much. Not much, because I've cut back on training volume. Too …
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Last week I took part in the Ann Arbor Ride of Silence, a three-mile group bike ride through the downtown commemorating the five cyclists killed and four injured in Kalamazoo earlier this month. The mood was very similar to the "Boston Strong" group run in 2013; subdued, but with a strong undercurrent of positive energy …
THE KETTLE MORAINE 100 WAS LAST WEEK and I'm still having trouble believing that a) it's over, and b) I finished it. At least I think I did; I might still be out there hallucinating. (More on that next time.) I'm putting together a more detailed account, but right now I'd like to share some of …
The 43rd annual Dexter-Ann Arbor Run is this Sunday, and thousands of people will turn out to run and watch the 5K, 10K, and half marathon along the Huron River. The races all end in the heart of downtown, right next to the Taste of Ann Arbor festival, where local restaurants set up on the …
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