Make It a Masterpiece

Sunday, June 28, 2009: These are the days that we cherish in Minnesota. Cool 63 degrees with a brisk, dry, refreshing west wind. Jim and I...

First run after Grandma’s Marathon. 89 degrees with a dewpoint of 61. Plenty warm. For the fun of it I tried out a long-sleeved shirt by ...

My slowest marathon ever. I started out running three minutes and walking two, which produces an overall pace of about 11 minutes per mile,...

Thursday, June 18: A last jog before the next marathon. Same short local route as Tuesday, a minute faster, but not nearly as easy. I felt...

And we saw the evidence today. Picture a runner with headphones running on the right shoulder, his back to oncoming traffic, when the shoul...

More about the Deadwood Mickelson Trail Marathon : Sign on a horse fence along the trail: "Please Do Not Feed Fingers To The Horses...

Sunday, June 7, 2009: I’m whipped! I don’t recall feeling any more beat up after a marathon than this one. But so far (barring a late-repo...