Wow, it’s been an eventful start to the year. Just a couple short weeks ago it was shaping up to be the kind of Michigan winter I grew up with, snow on the ground for a long time, and I was running laps around my property in showshoes, prepping for the annual Bigfoot Snowshoe Race …
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No Sugar Tonight: Two Very Different Experiences
IT BEGAN WITH A STOMACHACHE. I was working at a recent race, managing the Zero Waste program as usual. This is a very active job – lifting, moving things around and such, but mainly a lot of walking from place to place. And as typically happens at such races, I got hungry, early and often. …
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Lifestyle Makeover: A Runner’s Dietary Analysis
My eating habits have improved since I started running, but exceptions remain. I have a fondness for pastries, and no desire to curb my enthusiasm for dark chocolate. But I can pass up fast food, white bread, and sweets of lesser quality without a qualm. My “willpower” amazes people at times. “What are you worried …
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Lifestyle Makeover, Part 2: What Goes In
While my wife is at home for several weeks recovering from abdominal surgery, we’re making some overdue upgrades to our house and our lifestyles. In this series of posts I’m sharing these changes with my readers. Two weeks after her surgery, my wife surprised me by uttering a phrase I never thought I’d hear from …
RUN COFFEE WRITE 