Yesterday I was at the annual picnic for the tech company I work at, conversing with some folks around my age. I don’t remember what sparked it, but someone made a remark about how getting old sucks. “I can’t think of a single good thing about getting older,” she said. And everyone else agreed. I …
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Running 50 Miles: Be Happy, Damn It!
SOME BIG NEWS came out of PR Run Club last weekend. At least it was big news to us! Three of our runners went to the Endurance Series Challenge in Ontario to run a hot, hilly 50-miler. Here are our intrepid badasses. Alan (center) rocked the course, finishing 3rd overall male. Farsad (right) won his …
Does This Phone Make Me Look Fat?
I WAS TEASED YET AGAIN recently about when I'm going to get a smartphone. And yet again I supplied one of my stock reasons (*) for continuing to use my Stone-Age flip phone. I don't deny smartphones are useful. On a recent trip to Colorado, my wife and daughter used their phones to navigate to …
Run Woodstock Part Deux: Shutting the Brain Off
Ninety percent of this game is mental, and the other half is physical. - Yogi Berra Training for my first marathon four years ago, I ran 16 miles along the back roads from Honor, Michigan to Beulah and Benzonia, then back. It was a pretty route, but by mile 13 I was sick and tired …
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