Category: Deep Thoughts, Cheap Shots, and Kudos
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Meeting Set for Thursday Night on Final Observatory Mesa Trail Plan; Bottom Line, More, Smoother Trails, 2 New Trailheads
Those who enjoy running on the trails on Mars Hill/Observatory Mesa – both the FUTS and the forest roads – may want to head down to…
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Lake Mary Road is looking smooooth with the new paving, but we miss the quarter-mile markings.Quick Hits: Lake Mary Newly Paved but Sadly Missing 1/4-Mile Markers; Reader Suggestions for Track TV Broadcasters
Quick Hits on a Tuesday: UPDATE, 4:30 P.M: NAZ Elite director Ben Rosario reports that there will, soon, be quarter-mile markers back on Lake Mary Road.…
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OPINION: “We’ll Step Aside…”: The Words You Don’t Want to Hear on NCAA Distance TV Coverage
OK, so I get it: The 10,000 meters is a long race and, yeah, at times it can be a but boring and repetitive. Even some…
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Opinion: It’s time for Flagstaff races to award an overall “Grand Masters” winner for those 60-plus.Quick Hits: An Immodest Prosposal for a ‘Grand Masters’ Race Category; Plus, Global Running Day Fete Wednesday at Run Flagstaff
Quick Hits for a Tuesday morning: — A year ago, I happened to be visiting Bozeman, Montana, and decided to jump into a trail race in…
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List of Flagstaffians in April’s Boston Marathon
This snowy Sunday morning post goes out to all the Flagstaffians training for the Boston Marathon in April, folks who presumably had to do their last…
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Matt Baxter, Meet George Young
Thursday night at Bright Side Bookshop, NAZ Elite runner Matt Baxter and former NAU Coach Ron Mann, co-authors of Running Up the Mountain about the building…
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Cool New Buffalo Park T-Shirt at Run Flagstaff Store
Fashionistas, take note: Run Flagstaff, the town’s award-winning running speciality store, has started carrying a line of T-shirts featuring iconic Buffalo Park (see photo above). I…
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Dealing with the Cruel Winds of Flagstaff
These past two days have been challenging for runners in Flagstaff, what with the wind howling and gusting and knocking over trash cans and lithe runners…
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