YOU KNOW YOU'RE HOPELESS when you’ve just finished a long run or bike ride on a beautiful day, you’re heading home with your well-deserved coffee and pastry, you see someone running, and you think to yourself, “I could be doing that right now.” Never had that happen, you say? Consider yourself fortunate. Me? I experience …
Woodstock 100K: Robin Guts One Out
My niece Robin continues to beast it up. An ultrarunner for just a few years, she’s already completed the Pikes Peak 50 and the Grand Canyon Rim to Rim to Rim (that’s right, both ways in one day). And Courtney Dauwalter called her awesome (*). Last week she returned to Michigan for her first 100K …
Remembering Michael
AS IF I NEEDED another reminder of the ephemeral nature of human life, I got one this week. My friend Michael Parker, runner, trainer, and all around good guy, passed away a few days ago from cancer. The same cancer that ended the life of my wife in June. The news hit me pretty hard …
Aftermath: Quiet Reflections
It’s been nearly two weeks since my wife passed, and the house is finally quiet. It’s just me and the cats now. And, frankly, we’re all enjoying a little peace and a more relaxed pace. From the day she entered hospice care on May 25 to the day following her passing, the house was abuzz …
