Being a man can be tough. Now this is not some chauvinist rant about how women under-appreciate all that men do, or get mad when we don't share our innermost feelings, or fail to understand our need for fire, football, and grilling dead animals. While all that may be true, this is more a case …
It Changed My Life! Or Did It?
On a recent Saturday run I caught up to someone I hadn't met before, and to pass the time I struck up a conversation. Turned out she'd run the Western States 100 just two weeks prior. "I messed up my leg less than two miles into the race," she told me, "and it bothered me the …
Ultra Recovery: How Not to Cut Back on Training
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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Ride Silent, Ride Strong
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 …
