Various and Sundry

TIME TO CATCH UP ON A FEW THINGS going on in the Fitness at 50 world that haven't warranted a full post by themselves. So here we go: Running: Back up to double-digit mile running after three weeks of post-marathon recovery. It's been a bit frustrating because I expected to recover faster. Coach Marie told …

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Stranded and Indolent?

Dear Beneficiary, I am Dr. Ngozi Okonji-Iweala, the newly appointed Honorable Minister, Federal Ministry of Finance (FMF) Federal Government of Nigeria. We apologies, for the delay of your payment and all the inconveniences and inflict that we might have indulged you through. However, we were having some minor problems with our payment system, which is …

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What I Did for Father’s Day

SO WHICH FATHER'S DAY EVENT DO YOU SUPPOSE I ENJOYED MOST: a) A cookout at my in-laws, with the Tigers game on b) Getting up at 5:30 to run the Ann Arbor Marathon c) My daughter calling me a "badass" on Facebook for doing (b) I think you can guess. As for the marathon, I …

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New AnnArbor.com Post: Ann Arbor Marathon – Come See Us Run!

Ann Arbor holds its first-ever marathon this Sunday, and I am pumped. It’s mid-June, it promises to be a warm day, and I need to drag my butt to the starting area around 6:30 a.m., but this is a marathon in our town, and there’s no way I’m going to miss it. Don’t you miss it, either. …

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