Running for Art, Running Like Hell, Setting the Pace

IT WAS QUITE A WEEKEND FOR RUNNING, with three different kinds of events and another personal record (PR) mixed in. I could enthrall you with my sublime and transcendent prose, but I'll be doing enough of that in November with my novel for NaNoWriMo. So I'll let the photos do (most of) the talking here. …

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New AnnArbor.com Post: BforArt! Public Art Appreciation Run this Thursday

POP QUIZ: Which famous piece of Ann Arbor public art can be rotated by hand? Right you are! Now, name a second piece of public art in our town. Stuck? Okay, "that orange steel thing outside the Art Museum" gets you partial credit. Do you know its real name and who its sculptor is? (I …

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Turkey Trotting, Free Fotos, and Donating Duds

The PR Fitness group run was smaller than usual today. Many of our regulars are running one of the big marathons this weekend - Detroit, Grand Rapids, or Columbus. I joined a group training for the "Iron Turkey" (5K followed by 10K) at the upcoming Ann Arbor Turkey Trot. We ran the Border-to-Border Trail along …

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New AnnArbor.com Post: Run for that Pie! Fitness and Fun in the Fall

How can you not appreciate fall in Michigan — the changing colors, football, the crispness in the air? And then there's the cider and doughnuts, pumpkin pie, and other treats that we all love to indulge in this time of year, not to mention the pillowcases stuffed with the loot our little loved ones get from trick-or-treating. …

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