Rx for Recovery: Eat, Sleep, Stretch

THIS NOT RACING IS TIRING ME OUT. After all my races this year I'm on a recovery break, and I was expecting to feel re-energized, even restless. Instead, I've had less energy and been more sore. I asked the head trainer at my gym, Body Specs, about it. "All year long, running more races than …

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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 …

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