Monthly Archives: December 2025

Marty Supreme and Me

Watching the movie Marty Supreme hit me hard with similarities in my own life. Continue reading

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On the risks of being actively lazy

Pretty soon, the year’s summaries on Strava and Garmin will arrive, and with that assessment comes a bit of introspection about “doing more” in the coming year. I wasn’t a heavy-duty trainer this past year. I did do an Olympic-distance … Continue reading

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Baselines, heart rates, and heartfelt feelings

We ran our local Fox And Turkey Trot in Batavia, IL. The Fox River Trail Runners (FRTRs) put this race on every year, and it’s well done. As in managed, not cooked. We reprised a photo from ten years ago … Continue reading

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