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The first rays of sun beamed over The Loess Hills as I backed my truck up to the trail. After a light warm-up of basic calisthenics and stretching I organized some bananas, bagels, granola bars, running chews, Gatorade and water on my tail gate. I deposited a dollar in the donation jar and gazed down trail. No music. No pre-race camaraderie. No starting gun. After a few seconds I started to run.
20 in 2020
New Year. New Decade. New You…right? The excitement of 2020 has passed and if you are like a lot of Americans you are still scratching your head trying to figure out how to make this your best year yet. I strive to become a better outdoorsman and enhance the time I spend in the wild every year. The challenge with this aspiration is it can be hard to define and measure.