A quick recap of this busy weekend: Saturday morning, we were up early to head downtown for lunch at The Pantry, which, given that we only had 45 minutes, did not happen. The huge line outside made us think twice, and we vowed to come back when we had more time on our hands. We […]

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Every summer, Aimee has had a “cousins party” back home; this week, we decided to have one out in L.A. Unofficially, I guess, but still, two of Aimee’s cousins paid us a visit over the last few days, and we had a great time showing them around. Lauren visited on her west coast swing for […]

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This week, I finally pulled the trigger and decided to run another marathon. My first, in Chicago back in the fall of 2004, was a great experience, and I think I’d like to try it again. I’m not sure I can really improve my time, as I’ve chosen hilly San Francisco as my next course, […]

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Two years after my first Muddy Buddy experience, I enlisted the help of the other Brian at work, and without any ‘Brian’-related puns for our team name, we took on the San Dimas Muddy Buddy this weekend as “Tuna Melts” – the entry form didn’t allow enough characters for me to add a “The” at […]

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For my return to running after a six-month post-marathon hiatus, I chose the 22nd Annual James Joyce Ramble 10K in Dedham, famous for the actors and others who read passages from Joyce’s work as the runners go by. The rain that came on Saturday stayed this morning, and a light drizzle turned into a downpour […]

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For the first time since the marathon four and a half months ago (and with two months and a day until my next race), I went for a run this morning. I hadn’t planned to languish this long, but the combination of satisfaction, laziness, snow, Netflix, and my toe helped me put off getting started […]

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After a long couple of flights from Anchorage and Seattle (though short by this trip’s standards), we arrived in town with enough time for a quick nap before heading to the Mari, Jess, and Emily party in Somerville near the spooky round house. The party was a lot of fun, but we didn’t quite have […]

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More on the rest of the trip to Chicago later, first a marathon recap. While I can’t negotiate stairs with any kind of grace, I’m feeling pretty good 48 hours later, and I’m happy with the way things went. The day was really perfect, considering all of the factors involved in something like this. I […]

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I spent time on the floor of my office, stretching, this morning. I was never without my Nalgene bottle today, drinking as much water as I could remember to drink. I stretched on the bus over to Aimee’s, and watched as we drove by all my running routes from the past year. As far as […]

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In case you care to follow along, that’s my number in the marathon on Sunday. I don’t think they have a cool runner tracker like the New York City Marathon does (which of course allowed us to track P. Diddy as he ran last year). I’ve set up email and text message alerts to family, […]

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So said the guy giving me a massage last night, about my marathon training at this point. We were discussing the aches and pains I am having, and the fact that I haven’t run since Monday, which is more days off in a row than I’ve had in a year. He said that’s what his […]

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I had the last of my long weekend runs today, thirteen miles along the Charles River. The distance seemed short, even though before three weeks ago, it was the longest I’d ever run before. I finished right around the time I had for my last half-marathon in February, but I feel pretty good about it […]

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According to the Chicago Marathon site at this moment, there are 37556:16:9:53 (days, hours, minutes, seconds) until the start of the marathon. In my world. though, the marathon is three weeks from today, and today I ran the longest distance I’ll run in training before the even itself, 20 miles. I can only compare it […]

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As a warmup for the marathon, and to keep me going between my two longest training runs (last weekend and next weekend), I ran the Brian J. Honan 5K in Allston today. It was the first year for the race, celebrating the life and causes of the late Councilor Honan. It was a nice event, […]

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That slogan, on a t-shirt worn by a ten year-old kid I saw when I was running today, kept me laughing for a few hundred feet of the 16 miles I ran today. This was the second-longest run of my marathon regimen, and was the longest distance I’ve run, period. The day was perfect, and […]

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