Author: seanv2
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Review: Newport’s Digital Minimalism
Digital Minimalism: Choosing a Focused Life in a Noisy World Cal Newport I’m a big fan of Cal Newport’s work (I’ve read Deep Work, twice). This feels like his best book yet. Part evisceration of social media and what it does to our brains, part guidebook on how to live a less distracted life, this…
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Review: Zelnick’s Becoming Ageless
Becoming Ageless: Four Secrets To Looking and Feeling Younger Than Ever Strauss Zelnick Part memoir of the super-rich and successful Strauss Zelnick, part guide to aging well, this book is just like many many others that claim to have some new information but are really saying – eat well, exercise regularly, sometimes hard, sometimes easy,…
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Review: Harari’s Sapiens
Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind Yuval Noah Harari This book comes with so much hype, and such rave reviews, I was sure I was going to be disappointed. I wasn’t. Harari’s sweeping history of homo-sapiens is riveting from start to finish. The central thesis is simple. What separates us from other species is…
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Review: Tomlisin’s Elephant in the Room
The Elephant in the Room: One Fat Man’s Quest to Get Smaller in a Growing America Tommy Tomlinson Tomlisin is a lifelong reporter. It shows in this memoir of eating (and over-eating), love (and loss), and what it means to try to wrestle back a healthy life with a body that is fighting you, in…
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Review: Robinson’s New York 2140
New York 2140 Kim Stanley Robinson In the New York City one hundred and thirty years in the future, much has changed. Most of coastal Brooklyn, Queens, the Bronx and Staten Island is gone. What’s left of downtown Manhattan floods with the tides. The power of the city has moved far uptown to the…
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The Boston Qualifier Questionnaire — Haley Walker
Name: Haley Walker Sex: Female Age (at the time of first BQ): 27 Height (at the time of first BQ): 5’8” Weight (at the time of first BQ): 168lb At which marathon did you get your first BQ? Chicago Tell us a little about the race. It was an amazing, magical, effortless day. 1min negative…
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The BQ(Q) — Warren
Name: Warren Sex: Male Age (at the time of first BQ): 35 Height (at the time of first BQ): 5′ 8″ Weight (at the time of first BQ): 163 At which marathon did you get your first BQ? Chicago 2017 Tell us a little about the race. Third marathon, first time running Chicago. I was…
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The BQ(Q) — Matt
Name: Matt Sex: Male Age (at the time of first BQ): 42 Height: 6′ 2″ Weight (at the time of first BQ): 173 At which marathon did you get your first BQ? Tacoma City Marathon Tell us a little about the race. A true test of grit. A very hilly first half. Tactical errors made…
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The BQ(Q) — Samuel Dever
Name: Samuel Dever Sex: Male Age (at the time of first BQ): 25 Height (at the time of first BQ): 6’4″ Weight (at the time of first BQ): 144 At which marathon did you get your first BQ? Harrisburg Marathon Tell us a little about the race. 4 min positive split, ran solo after mile…
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The BQ(Q) — Blake Boswell
Name: Blake Boswell Sex: Male Age (at the time of first BQ): 25 Height (at the time of first BQ): 6’2″ Weight (at the time of first BQ): 161 At which marathon did you get your first BQ? Carmel Marathon Tell us a little about the race. The race was in the middle of off…
Milo and the Calf 