During a flatter part of last weekend's long run, I chatted with a guy who's big into triathlons. He's doing Ironman Boulder this summer, and part of his preparation is a trip to an Olympic facility for two weeks to work with top coaches. He's about my age and the two-a-day sessions are, to put …
Perspective Regained: Hills are Hard, But . . .
"I want you to push yourself on the hills," my Saturday running assignment read. "Dig deep and crest the hill before you let off the gas." Saturday's route would be a 14-miler that included several of the more punishing hills in the Ann Arbor area. In particular, the climb up to the Barton Hills Country …
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2016: New Year, New Dreams
I WALKED AROUND WITH A GLOW OF SATISFACTION. I had just won a race - a 5K trail race, as I recall - and I was trying to figure out how much to brag about it and to whom. Wouldn't do to be overly immodest, after all. Then I felt something nudge my head. My …
“The New Marathon”? Oh, Please
I WAS INNOCENTLY BROWSING the magazines at the running store one afternoon, when my eye fell upon the following headline on the cover of Running Times: Now I'm fully aware that a question-posing headline like this is designed to grab attention and sell magazines. It doesn't mean the related article actually answers the question, or …
