Fail at Hightail, and This Must Be Love

What one thing did I do last Friday night that caused these reactions? See if you can guess. Race director: "Oh, shit." Wife: "Do you want some company?" Daughter: "Oh, Daaaaad!!!" Daughter's fiancee: "Do you have any pictures?" ========================================== Give up? Here's a hint: For the next week or so, y'all can just call me …

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Kettle Moraine: 100-Miler Ahead!

Earlier this week I called the Victoria-on-Main B&B in Whitewater, Wisconsin, and asked the owner about rooms for the weekend of June 3-5. "I've got a room for Friday night, and one for Sunday," he said, "but I don't have a room for you on Saturday night." "That's perfect," I told him, and booked the …

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In-Between Marathon Musings: Eating, Singing Bears, and Talking Trash

While picking up my Martian Marathon race packet at the expo, I got to talking with a woman whose husband is going to attempt his first ultramarathon. That's macho enough in my book, but not for him; he's going right to a 50-miler, and a tough one at that (the September North Face Challenge, as …

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Breaking News from Mars: Boston Bound!

WELL, THE MARTIANS WENT HOME. It was too cold for them. So Earth is safe for another year. In other good news - I completed the marathon and qualified for Boston! Yes, I'm really pleased! But at the end of this post, you'll see another example of the sense of perspective that seems to accompany the …

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