All right, this isn't going to be easy. February is like November, only bleaker, colder, and without Thanksgiving. And it's peak training month for those with spring marathons, which includes yours truly. And yet, it's been a pretty good month so far. Bear with me. For the first time in a month, I didn't have …
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2015 Super 5K: 26 and Done
RIDDLE OF THE DAY: What causes schools to close, leads to massive traffic accidents, requires huge trucks and tons of salt to control, but has absolutely no effect on runners? Sunday morning was the 2015 Running Fit Super 5K, and over 1,500 unstoppable runners showed up - because, after all, what else would they do on Sunday …
Supercooled, the Sequel: 2014 Super 5K Race Recap
Every year on the morning of Super Bowl Sunday, Running Fit puts on a 5K race. Outdoors. The only thing crazier than a race in this kind of weather is the number of people who show up for it, and the Novi Civic Center was packed with close to 2,000 runners. Last year's race had …
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Supercooled
THE 15 DEGREE FORECAST FOR SUNDAY'S RACE TURNED OUT TO BE OPTIMISTIC. When I arrived at the Novi Civic Center for the Super 5K, my car's thermometer read 9 degrees. I didn't want to think about the wind chill. And yet over 1,400 runners showed up. That's the count of finishers, anyway. I'm not sure …
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