“SUCCESS” CAN BE AN ELUSIVE BEAST, depending on how you define it. Last Saturday was the Bigfoot Snowshoe 5K/10K at Timber Ridge Resort in Traverse City. Despite rain all the day before, the race went on as scheduled. I’ve run the 5K every year since 2014. I look forward to it until about three days …
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Joy and Subterfuge: Wicked Halloween Run Recap
I WAS SURROUNDED BY SUPERHEROES, monsters, and even a refrigerator, but what impressed me most was a nine-year-old girl. Last Sunday I paced the Wicked Halloween 10K, one of the races put on by the Kona Running Company. I enjoy pacing their events for many reasons - the large turnout, the cool shirts, a great …
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Fast Sharks and Loose Shoes: Run Scream Run Recap
Y'all can call me Shoelace. Last Saturday was Run Scream Run at Wiard's Orchards in Ypsilanti. RSR is one of those fall races that attract a lot of casual runners and even non-runners, like turkey trots and chocolate runs do. Despite the chill (about 36 degrees before race start) the turnout was large and even …
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The Perils of Pacing: Race Recap, ShamRock ‘n Roll
KARMIC RETRIBUTION. That must be it. As payback for my perfect-weather Dances With Dirt race last week in Florida, Nature turned the polar vortex back on for this morning's ShamRock 'n Roll 10K. In another tweak of cruel irony, the race is part of the Kona Running series - hardly a name that evokes sub-zero …
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