Happy New Year!

Good luck to everyone doing New Years' races and fun runs. Another year of stories and adventures is about to begin. I'm sorry I've been absent for a while. I have been preoccupied with two large family holiday celebrations, organization of the Northern Illinois Nordic cross-country ski race on Jan. 10 and the serious injuries suffered by a very close friend of ours in Wisconsin as a result of a rollover auto accident near Sheboygan. I was in Milwaukee a couple of days this week to be close to the hospital and was able to take a nostalgic run on the Kinnickinic Parkway. We lived in Milwaukee from 1977-82 and have many fond memories. See you in 2010!