Just a Little More

WAY BACK AT THE dawn of history (around 2007), I was on the mat at the start of a weeknight Aikido class. Our instructor worked us through the warmup routine until we got to the wrist stretches. Then he stopped for a moment. "I was asked recently how far one should take a wrist stretch," …

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Does This Phone Make Me Look Fat?

I WAS TEASED YET AGAIN recently about when I'm going to get a smartphone. And yet again I supplied one of my stock reasons (*) for continuing to use my Stone-Age flip phone. I don't deny smartphones are useful. On a recent trip to Colorado, my wife and daughter used their phones to navigate to …

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Hydration Salvation

I had no idea getting water into my body was so complicated. Yesterday morning I was on the Pinckney area trails with other runners training for the Run Woodstock ultramarathons in two weeks. While I will be volunteering this year and not running an ultra, I'll accept any excuse for a run with fellow trail …

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Recovery Rewards, and the Spartan Penalty

"Jeff, you look five years younger," Skip said to me as I walked onto the mat at Body Specs. "Your vacation must have agreed with you." It was my first day back from up north, and while I'd done some running and cycling, I'd also made myself get plenty of rest. Sleep does sometimes get shortchanged …

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