June 12, 2014

Race Insider: National Cherry Festival Races + Discount Code + Video of New Half Marathon Course

Over the past few years, the second Saturday of the weeklong National Cherry Festival in my hometown of Traverse City has […]

May 9, 2014

The Solstice Run: Running through the night, from Northport to Traverse City, to promote peace & women’s equality

Plenty of runners enjoy early-evening, sunset or twilight runs. But how about running through the night? As in, the entire […]

May 28, 2013

Race Report: 2013 Bayshore Marathon

“Are you ready to go deep … in fact, would you be willing to go deeper and deeper and deeper? […]

May 21, 2013

Running Bayshore? Insiders Share Tips about Course, Sights & Post-Race Eatin’ in Traverse City

This weekend marks the official start to summer(!), a much-celebrated event for us Michiganders who, lovers of all seasons that […]

December 1, 2012

The Very Best Kind of Saturday

Low 30s. Just enough snow covering the trail. Plenty o’ wind. Today’s Farmland 5K had all the makings of a […]

October 15, 2012

Race Report: Lighthouse Half

  There’s rain—light and misty or intermittent and maybe driving at times—and then there’s this past weekend’s rain. The kind […]

June 5, 2012

5 ways to get your summer run on

“Just three more days!” I tell my kids this morning when I wake them for breakfast. They’re well aware, of […]

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