It’s funny, but until 2004 I never thought of myself as a real runner — just a cyclist who was “faking it.” Nowadays, however, it seems like I run even more than bicycling. It is ultra-convenient as it can be done almost anywhere, in any weather — just bring a pair of running shoes.
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“Hey, there’s a 5k race this weekend,” I said to my buddy Nick. “Something about benefiting the volunteer firemen departments of Fort Collins. And it’s free!”
What a concept, a zero-cost race! Heck, even the Fort Collins Running Club’s Tortoise & Hare races aren’t free, although at $5 (for members) they are practically so since they include breakfast at Gib’s Bagels afterwards. Continue reading »
Over the weekend, some friends and I were in New Mexico for the Bataan Memorial Death March, which was a very fun and educational experience. Here are some photos and some e-mail excerpts summarizing how the marathon went for us. Continue reading »
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An article of mine is in Fort Collins Now (the Friday, March 21, 2008 edition). This one is about the super windy Budweiser Training Run from three weeks ago. You can download it here (PDF, 634 KB) or view it online on Fort Collins Now’s website. Continue reading »
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Every so often something like this happens: a manufacturer discontinues a product that people love in the name of “progress,” only to come out with an ill-suited “replacement” or, worse, no replacement at all. It happened a lot with, say, British sports cars in the 1970s and 1980s (think Triumph TR6 and TR7, or MGB and MG Metro), and in later years with products like the Apple Newton.
Unfortunately, it happens with shoes as well. Continue reading »
You would think that I’d run faster if I had people running after me like ax murderers, but in running races, I’ve seemed to have done better being the chaser than the chasee. At least the last time I had people start right after me in the fastest-people-go-last starts of the Tortoise & Hare Series of races put on by the Fort Collins Running Club, I was promptly caught and left for dead after just one mile. Continue reading »
