My Response to the Sandy Hook School Shooting

Over the past several days, we’ve all been exposed to lots of information surrounding the school shooting, gun control, mental health issues, heroes, villains. Not to mention an absurd number of questions that we still don’t have answers to—and may never have answers to. I’ve been publicly quiet on the incident until …

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(Unofficial) 2012 Richmond Marathon: Take Two

Sign holding me up

Well, here’s an idea. Run a marathon. Totally bomb your time, but have a blast doing it. Take three easy weeks off. Eat turkey. Eat more turkey. Then run the same exact course you ran three weeks ago, unsupported (sort of), to try & hit your goal time. “Dude, sounds …

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2012 Richmond Marathon: A Different Kind of Race

Today was one of those days that caught me by surprise. It was a day where my race got flipped upside down, totally unexpected. Lucky for me… I love surprises. And this one turned out to be pretty special. This past year, I’ve changed my approach to running. I abandoned …

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2012 Richmond Marathon: A Day of Thanks

Today I ran the Richmond Marathon for the first time. I’ve run a few marathons, but never any like this one. As a matter of fact, nothing even close. Today’s race was an interesting one. Started great. Ended great. And all in-between, my legs didn’t work. <– kind of a big …

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It’s OK. I never had a “man card”

You hear people — well, guys, at least — talk about the “man card.” Supposedly, when we do something that our guy friends would classify as not very manly, they strip us of our “man card.” I’m calling nonsense. This is a stupid concept. In fact, it only plays into …

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The entire world explained in 2 words

I’m Not A Philosophy Major, But… I’m going to get philosophical for a moment. Not to the level of Socrates, Plato or Aristotle — all my homeboys, by the way (I like to think of it as an ancient bromance). But I am going to sum up the world in …

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Happy New Year 2012

I’m not a fan of New Year’s. The day. The resolutions. The parties. A multi-million dollar ball falling from the sky. I dislike the entire idea, really. I also don’t make New Year’s resolutions. While I realize that having a uniform time (once per year) to recap the past & …

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Better Half

Dear Better Half, I love you and all, but I’m really not sure how you got your name. Sure, we do things together. Live together. Make babies. Raise children. Buy stuff. Even have the same last name. But what part of that makes you better than me? We also make …

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Having fun in the kitchen

I’m not the next iron chef, although I am improving in the kitchen. Either way, I like to have fun. And when I’m making smoothies, cooking dinner or just grabbing a bowl of cereal… it’s no exception.

Do a spin move from cabinet-to-cabinet. Flip your silverware in the air a few times before it lands in your cereal. Dance, and laugh at your reflection in the microwave.

You might get a few weird looks from your roommate (or husband/wife/kids), but 1) they’ll get used to it soon, and 2) who cares… you’re having fun 🙂

The end of an era. Taking the “ultra” out of running.

My ultrarunning journey has come to an end. At least, for now. A single moment in the Finger Lakes Forest in up-state New York.

There are so many other things I can be ultra with. I don’t need to be an ultra-runner right now.