Not So Selfish? And a Perspective on Gratitude

I hope everyone had a wonderful Thanksgiving! I'm sure all my running friends put the gear on and went out for a few miles before dinner to get in some healthy exercise and free up some calories for that second piece of pie. I was in downtown Ann Arbor Thursday morning for the Turkey Trot, …

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I Want it ALL!

"I need to pick a different day for my speedwork," I told my coach Wednesday night. My current training consists of a Saturday morning long run, the PR Fitness Wednesday night run, and one day of 'speedwork' - tempo run, intervals, hill work, progressions, or similar torture, which has usually been Tuesday. All well and …

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Kona Run Recap: Cocoa Power

An event that combines running and chocolate? Sounds darn near perfect to me. No way I was going to miss Sunday's inaugural Kona Chocolate Run in Plymouth. And it was over 60 degrees at race time. T-shirts and shorts in late November! Who cares if it rained a little? +++ The final turnout was over …

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Running Cold and Hot (Chocolate)

IT'S GETTING A BIT NIPPY OUT THERE, as they say. Seems like we went from warm sunny evenings to cold and dark just like that. Even had our first snow on Monday. But that doesn't stop the PR Fitness club. As we're fond of saying, there's no such thing as bad weather, just insufficient gear. …

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