Author: seanv2
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Book Review: Miller’s Song of Achilles
The Song of Achilles Madeline Miller If you’ve read the Iliad (and you really should read the Iliad) you know the basic outlines of Achilles life and, if you really paid attention, you remember Patroclus, his friend and consort whose death finally brings Achilles out of his moping to wage war on the Trojans. Miller’s…
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Kurshan’s If All The Seas Were Ink
If All the Seas Were Ink: A Memoir Ilana Kurshan This book has been making the rounds among many of my friends and family and people’s reactions are so stark, and so diametrically opposed. There are those who love this book, who relate to its extreme bookishness, to the authors attempts to come to grips…
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Goodell’s The Water Will Come
The Water Will Come: Rising Seas, Sinking Cities, and the Remaking of the Civilized World Jeff Goodell We all know the world is warming, we all know this will change the way we live. Goodell’s book doesn’t break any ground there, but what is does do is give us a very terrifying, very sobering, look…
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How Michael Pearlman Qualified for the Boston Marathon
Name: Michael Pearlman Sex: Male Age (at the time of first BQ): 45 Height (at the time of first BQ): 5’5″ Weight (at the time of first BQ): 137 At which marathon did you get your first BQ? Colfax Marathon (Denver) Tell us a little about the race. This was my second time running this…
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John C’s Story of Qualifying for the Boston Marathon
Name: John C Sex: Male Age (at the time of first BQ): 47 Height (at the time of first BQ): 5’11 Weight (at the time of first BQ): 154 At which marathon did you get your first BQ? Jacksonville Marathon Tell us a little about the race. Perfect weather day in 2017—prior year 2016 was…
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The Boston Qualifier Questionnaire — Derick
Name: Derick Sex: Male Age (at the time of first BQ): 29 Height (at the time of first BQ): 5’11” Weight (at the time of first BQ): 153 At which marathon did you get your first BQ? Kiawah Island Tell us a little about the race. Pancake flat course with half marathoners splitting off at…
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How Nicolas Shaw Qualified for Boston Marathon
Name: Nicholas Shaw Sex: Male Age (at the time of first BQ): 22 Height (at the time of first BQ): 5’8 Weight (at the time of first BQ): 135 At which marathon did you get your first BQ? Baltimore Tell us a little about the race. I had no idea I was going to do…
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Ian’s Story of Qualifying for Boston Marathon
Name: Ian Sex: Male Age (at the time of first BQ): 47 Height (at the time of first BQ): 5’7” Weight (at the time of first BQ): 137 At which marathon did you get your first BQ? Eugene Tell us a little about the race. I used a power meeter for this marathon training cycle…
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Dan Stedman’s Story of Qualifying for Boston Marathon
Name: Dan Stedman Sex: Male Age (at the time of first BQ): 58 Height (at the time of first BQ): 6′ Weight (at the time of first BQ): 163 At which marathon did you get your first BQ? Mohawk to Hudson Marathon Tell us a little about the race. My wife and I trained for…
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The Boston Qualifier Questionnaire — Steve
Name: Steve Sex: Male Age (at the time of first BQ): 45 Height (at the time of first BQ): 5’7” Weight (at the time of first BQ): 145 At which marathon did you get your first BQ? Rock n Roll DC, March 2017 Tell us a little about the race. This was my first ever…
Milo and the Calf 