A month after I left my watch at his dad’s house after the Newburyport Homecoming 10 Mile Race, Chris dropped it off at a secret rendezvous location under some trees next to a staircase on Mass Ave., where I picked it up on my way to work. We hadn’t been able to connect, and I […]

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I was glad Aimee could come up here with me for the wedding we attended last night, firstly because it gave her a chance to meet Neil and Melanie, and also because it was one more opportunity to see the uniquely Alaskan way people do things here. The ceremony was great – equal parts religion […]

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Yesterday was a long day. We woke up in Newport, where we’d spent the night in anticipation of our morning meeting with a potential wedding photographer. I had to run seven miles, to boot, so that cranked back the wakeup hour somewhat. It felt ok, a little sluggish and hounded by traffic on the usually […]

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Now that I’m mostly moved into my new apartment, I’ve had some time to think about other things; namely, my marathon, now less than two months away. I’ve been reading a little bit of Marathoning for Mortals every night, a gift from my mom which has told me one thing, if it’s told me anything […]

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We returned to New York for the first time in more than six months this weekend, and had a fun-filled, jam-packed time. We managed to miss the worst of the traffic on the way down, even though we made the exact same navigation mistake we’d made the last time we went. After heading down the […]

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I ran the Yankee Homecoming 10 Mile Roadrace last night in Newburyport, another step in my marathon training as I find myself just over two months away from the big day. The race was really terrific, with everything done right, from the course to the water stops to the amazing crowd support, especially from kids […]

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Aimee tried to tell us not too many teams came in before us in the Muddy Buddy, but I didn’t really believe her. According to the results, Salsa Verde came in 7th in our age group (55-69, combined age), and 28th overall. Not too shabby out of 357 teams. The results also offer an opportunity […]

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Saturday was a touristy day in Boston for Aimee and me, as we hit both Fenway and Faneuil Hall, as well as a day for meeting up with friends we hadn’t seen in awhile. We started with a little packing in Aimee’s soon-to-be old apartment, and then walked to the park to see the some […]

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If it’s almost the summer solstice, it means the Mount Washington Road Race is on, and if the race is on, my dad is in town. He came in yesterday, and after taking a look at a possible place for me to move, we met Aimee and T’d to the North End for dinner. Temporarily […]

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I got fitted for my orthotics today, which meant another morning in Brookline, another square bagel at Bruegger’s, and another chance to marvel at how short my podiatrist is when he’s seen in multiple photographs standing next to Larry Bird. My orthotics are full-length, and they smell exactly like the Testor’s glue we used to […]

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I visited my podiatrist-to-the-stars today (according to an article on the wall of the office, he has tended to Bird, Yaz, and Dewey, among other one-named members of the Boston sports firmament) to get fitted for orthotics. I don’t know where I was when my brother and my dad got them when I was in […]

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Workin’ on resting my knee by the above methods (except compression, because I don’t think I really need that), as well as chicken and cashews, coffee oreo ice cream with Heath Bar topping, and the Oscars. All that together sounds kind of nasty, but it’s been most helpful in recovering from the Sheraton Hyannis Half […]

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I think the first thing on anyone’s list would be to make sure there isn’t a website set up detailing how horrible the hotel is as a result of the fact that hotel employees have been on strike for the last six months. That would be a good thing to check up on. Not thinking, […]

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So it’s officially been two months since I “decided” to run the Chicago Marathon next Columbus Day Weekend, October 10th. Since October, I’ve put in ten or so miles a week, which I should increase sometime soon. I also need to see Josh about those shinsplints/runner’s knee exercises with the inscrutable instructional diagrams.Next up is […]

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