THE 15 DEGREE FORECAST FOR SUNDAY'S RACE TURNED OUT TO BE OPTIMISTIC. When I arrived at the Novi Civic Center for the Super 5K, my car's thermometer read 9 degrees. I didn't want to think about the wind chill. And yet over 1,400 runners showed up. That's the count of finishers, anyway. I'm not sure …
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Snow? Sno’ What? Just Run
EARLIER THIS WEEK I HAD A FEW FREE MINUTES and visited some other running blogs. On this site, owned by a guy in California, I came across a comment from a runner in Ohio who admitted that it was tough to get motivated to run when it was cold outside. I responded as follows: "...Dress …
Non-Marathon Man
LOOKS LIKE NO MARATHON THIS YEAR FOR ME. My 2013 race schedule looks a lot like last year's, kicking off with the Super 5K this Sunday and continuing favorites like the Martian and Dexter-Ann Arbor half marathons. But no 26.2 in the plan. It feels sort of awkward when everyone else in the PR Fitness …
Where Runners Fear to Tread
SO HOW COLD WAS IT OUT THERE TODAY? I saw Eskimos at the warming station. Lame. Try again. Uhhh....the South Polar Station sent blankets to us. Meh. Give me something really wild. It was so cold out that Jeff did his run today on a treadmill. Wow. Now that's cold. I'm no stranger to running …
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