"I LOVE TRAIL ULTRAS - except when I'm running them." That's how I described my relationship with long trail runs to someone running with me during Sunday's 50K. It's not entirely accurate - I enjoy experiencing being in the moment during one - but I also spend a lot of time fantasizing about it being …
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Over Hill, Over Dale, As We Hit the Poto Trail
Last year, I was working the finish line food tables at the 2013 Trail Marathon Weekend when a runner walked up. Shuffled, really. He looked like crap - tired, stiff, pale, and haggard. I could have killed him with a sneeze. But he was wearing TWO medals. "What's that all about?" I asked, pointing to …
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It’s Hard to Take it Easy
THIS STANDING AROUND BIT IS TOUGH, MAN. The Ann Arbor Marathon was last Sunday. Sounds like a natural for me to be in it, right? But it was too close to my next race. So instead, I biked downtown to join some of my PR Fitness friends in cheering on the runners. I only felt …
And what did *you* have planned this year…
TONIGHT I WAS GOING TO POST SOMETHING PROFOUND AND INSPIRATIONAL about my plans for 2014 and the difference between intention (wanting to start a new, healthy activity) and dedication - making the activity into a habit that you continue when the novelty has worn off, and even when you don't really feel like it. It …
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