Doing My L.S.D.

Eight weeks to go before the Run Woodstock weekend and my big running event of the year. This means despite the statewide sauna that has been Michigan this summer, I've gotta train for it. And what better way to prepare for a Woodstock weekend than by doing a lot of L.S.D.? Okay, I'll end the …

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Wonder Woman and Ultra Man

SUPERHEROES LIVE AMONG US, particularly in the running community. They aren't usually noticed because they don't get (or seek) a lot of publicity. The challenges they undertake are generally personal, and it's easy to mistake them for ordinary mortals. When I'd planned my 2012 year-long celebration of turning 50, with its associated events and challenges, …

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Where Runners Fear to Tread

SO HOW COLD WAS IT OUT THERE TODAY? I saw Eskimos at the warming station. Lame. Try again. Uhhh....the South Polar Station sent blankets to us. Meh. Give me something really wild. It was so cold out that Jeff did his run today on a treadmill. Wow. Now that's cold. I'm no stranger to running …

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Woodstock, continued – A Fall, A Call, and A Stall

AM I IN TROUBLE WITH GOD? Today was my first run since completing the Run Woodstock Weekend Challenge last Sunday. Kept it short at 8.7 miles, which felt good but enough, plus I needed to save energy for an Aikido clinic this afternoon. Anyway, it put my running distance for the year at exactly 666 …

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