Author: seanv2
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The Three Mile Loop
The three mile loop is a nice run. I turn left out of my apartment building and then left again onto 16th St and head up 16th street towards the Maryland border. The first half mile of so is flat or downhill, then it is up hill for the next mile. About a half mile…
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First Class
We had our first conversion class last night. I think it went very well. The Rabbi is a welcoming and thoughtful person. The breakdown of the class was as I expected – nine people six of whom were couples who were either married, engaged or considering getting married and three who were there by themselves.…
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Weekly Recap
9 miles in 1:23:23. Hey, at least I have miles to report, even if it is a ridiculously small number. Starting over from (close) to zero is both insanely frustrating and kind of exhilarating. This time as I build the miles back up, I can take my time, I can plan, and I can stay…
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Interesting Gers: Martha Nussbaum
I am going to start a new Friday feature here on Nom De Ger. A short little profile on an interesting or inspiring convert to Judaism. First up, an intellectual hero of mine, Martha Nussbaum. Martha Nussbaum is one of the most important poltical philosophers working today. She teaches at the University of Chicago, has…
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On not meeting goals.
Goals When I started back in at running seriously this year I had a couple of goals – I wanted to run a marathon again, and I wanted to run a total of at least 1,000 miles for the year. For a while there, things went well. I got the miles in, I was getting…
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Yom Kippur
Monday was my first ever Yom Kippur fast, and yesterday evening was my first Yom Kippur service. Maybe it was the hunger, but I was genuinely moved by the whole experience. We had our pre fast dinner around five o’clock so as to finish in time to go to the evening services, dinner was pasta…
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First Yom Kippur
Monday was my first ever Yom Kippur fast, and yesterday evening was my first Yom Kippur service. Maybe it was the hunger, but I was genuinely moved by the whole experience. We had our pre fast dinner around five o’clock so as to finish in time to go to the evening services, dinner was pasta…
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On the road again…
Today was finally the day when I was able to get back on the road. I did three miles in slower than molasses time of 28:55. I’d be lying if I said it didn’t feel pretty awful, a lot of weird aches and pains in my hip, in my shin and a little in the…
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Weekly Training Totals
Another big fat goose egg of weekly training totals. But, BUT! today is the day I get back on the roads. My foot is feeling fine, and I listened to the doctor as directed. I plan on going out for an easy three miles tonight to get my feet wet and hopefully, things will go…
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Closing In
Another week without running for your gimpy blogger. I’m pretty down about it. Four more days at the most and I am back on the road though. For now, here’s some more of American’s long distance hope, Ryan Hall.
Milo and the Calf 