Watch for Puking Mules: The Winter Switchbacks 5K

SO IMAGINE YOU'RE PERUSING A RUNNING WEBSITE, and you come across the following race promo: No pre-race registration, no bathroom facilities, no food or water, and the only award you might get is frostbite. And when you get there, you hear this from the race organizer: "The race ends at the top of the hill. …

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Guest Post: Running, My Life Saver

Today's guest post is from Myla Miller, one of my readers, who wanted to let us know how life-transforming running has become for her. It's the kind of story I'm hearing and reading about more and more. Could anyone do what she did? Myla thinks so! Here's her story. Running is not only a great form of …

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Big Feet, Cold Hands, Hot Shoes

"HERE'S THE WORLD'S MOST PROLIFIC RUNNER," I heard over the loudspeaker as I charged across the finish line. As much charge as I could muster wearing snowshoes, but I tried my best to make it look good. Saturday was the Bigfoot Snowshoe 5K race in Traverse City. One year ago here I began my quest …

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2015: Back From the Moon – Now What?

"Once you've gone to the moon, staying home just isn't good enough." - Astronaut Eugene Cernan THERE I WAS after the Holiday Hustle last month, innocently enjoying the completion of over 30 races in 2014 and becoming the first person to run every Running Fit event in a year. Then I got asked the question. "So, …

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