"So am I giving you my shoes again this year?" Jeff asked me. I was at the south Traverse City Running Fit, picking up my Bigfoot Snowshoe Race packet. Jeff is the store manager, and before the 2015 race he'd seen me struggle with the rental shoes. He'd very generously loaned me his own top of the …
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WELL, THAT WAS QUICK. Seems like 2016 started yesterday, and already it's near the end of January. They say time speeds up as you get older. If that's the case, by the time I reach 70 I'll be afraid to blink. But for now, it's time to enjoy every day of being 54, just as …
During a flatter part of last weekend's long run, I chatted with a guy who's big into triathlons. He's doing Ironman Boulder this summer, and part of his preparation is a trip to an Olympic facility for two weeks to work with top coaches. He's about my age and the two-a-day sessions are, to put …
"I want you to push yourself on the hills," my Saturday running assignment read. "Dig deep and crest the hill before you let off the gas." Saturday's route would be a 14-miler that included several of the more punishing hills in the Ann Arbor area. In particular, the climb up to the Barton Hills Country …
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