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 …
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Run to Get Happy, Run to Get Fit
"SO WHAT'S THE MOST DEPRESSING SONG you've ever heard?" the girl at the coffee shop asked me this morning. Actually, she was in a good mood. She explained how neat it was that listening to sad songs like the blues are actually a way to feel better when you're down. Running works well, too, I thought. …
The Perils of Pacing: Race Recap, ShamRock ‘n Roll
KARMIC RETRIBUTION. That must be it. As payback for my perfect-weather Dances With Dirt race last week in Florida, Nature turned the polar vortex back on for this morning's ShamRock 'n Roll 10K. In another tweak of cruel irony, the race is part of the Kona Running series - hardly a name that evokes sub-zero …
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Making The Time
Group run Saturday morning was all right. It was 35 degrees, raining, and the melting snow either created icy patches or flooded the streets in massive puddles or running streams. But it was tropical paradise compared to a week ago. Finally, it didn't feel like Mother Nature was trying to kill me whenever I stepped …
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