I now officially have too many websites. Last night I launched Modern Stories, the home of the storytelling me (not me). I’ve also created a Facebook page for this new venture, although right now it’s a little sparse. Long-time readers of this blog will recognize some pieces that have appeared here over the years. But, [...]
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How long is a month? It’s a long time. But it’s also not long at all. What’s the difference between grief and depression? I can’t actually tell the difference right now. Is there anything good about death? Nope. Really? Okay, maybe it’s not all bad. I found this interesting quote from from Ann Lamott’s memoir [...]
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A few weeks ago the IAAF came out with a new ruling that limits the distinction of “world record time” in women’s races to races that only contain women. Read that again. Do you have a problem with it? I do. I will not bother going into the ruling’s details (primarily because it’s so simply [...]
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When I think of the Japanese proverb “Fall down seven times, get up eight” I picture Lauren Fleshman. She gets injured, she slogs through injury recovery, she trains again, she runs fantastic races. Then she gets reinjured and the cycle begins anew. But she never gives up. And she always comes back. Fleshman has one [...]
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Back in May, after my debacle in the Long Island Half, I put together a plan that consisted of 10K-specific training to get me to the NYRR Club Championships in early August, prepared to race my best 5 miler. Then both life and injury got in the way and I ended up with severely compromised [...]
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This article from Maisonneuve is worth a read. It discusses the changing dynamic of track and field journalism, one that has evolved from a monodirectional and highly controlled presentation to a two-way exchange between stars and fans that is at times both confrontational and disarmingly honest. I should point out that I post interesting finds [...]
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Did I plug this already? Sorry. I’m plugging all over town. I wrote this. (Please don’t tell me about the mistake in the yoga section. I’ve been alerted to the fact that my pig ignorance is showing and will be trying to get that corrected this week.)
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Lori Kingsley is fast enough to have regularly rubbed shoulders with (and been lent hotel room showers by) marathoning’s professional elites. She wins a lot of races. She likes to play dress up. And she describes herself as “a happy runner.” This one took awhile to post, but I think it was worth the wait. [...]
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Here’s an opener that should score 4,000 on the Pretentious-o-meter: I was reading some Kafka last night. Yeah. I unearthed The Complete Stories, a book I bought while in high school when I went through my philosophy phase, and looked up a story called “A Country Doctor.” That story was referred to in an article [...]
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I have a giant list of writing-related project to dos (plus some podcast prep stuff). But most of them are so daunting. I haven’t got it in me today. This fucking head cold is still here. It abated for a bit last night, but it’s back with a vengeance this morning. I spent three hours [...]
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