Top Ten Things My Wife Loves About Me

This post has little to do with running, but, with my wife in Hawaii soaking up the sun and hanging out with my outlaws, I’ve had a little time to reflect on why she has put up with me for 23 years of marriage plus three years living in sin.  So this is what I’ve …

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Those Damn Females

Female mosquitoes that is. What a pathetic life a mosquito lives.  Eggs lie dormant all winter waiting for the snow to melt.  When sufficient water is available they hatch into larvae and swim and eat organic stuff until they morph into a pupa when they stop eating for a few days.  Then the little guys …

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Ten WS Predictions

Instead of all this talk about who’s gonna be in the top five or top ten, I thought us taper-wonked WS runners might want to make some lighter predictions for the race.  If you get named specifically, consider it an honor. 1. Who will wear the Sexiest Outfit? This is easy.  Jenn Shelton for the …

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WS Training Secrets Revealed

I’m sure you’d rather read about the training secrets of guys like Hal and Graham who’ve actually won WS, but since neither of them is likely to reveal his secrets (although lc did get a handful of gems this weekend from Hal) this will have to do for now.  Below are ten WS training secrets …

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MB Camp Wrap-up

Michigan Bluff Training Camp version 2009 ended with some lovely California weather.  It probably rained about 3-4 inches on Friday and Saturday in the Bluff.  We almost had to cancel the Ice Cream Sandwich run because of the mud (I hear they do that in California).  But it was a train wreck of a run, …

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