Author: seanv2
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The Boston Qualifier Questionnaire — Ben
Name Ben Sex: Male Age (at the time of first BQ): 29 Height: 5′ 10″ Weight (at the time of first BQ): 158 At which marathon did you get your first BQ? Light at the end of the tunnel Tell us a little about the race. Gradual downhill the entire way. On an old railway…
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Review: Desmond’s Evicted
Evicted: Poverty and Profit in the American City Matthew Desmond An examination into how housing insecurity leads to general insecurity and upends lives. A brilliant book. It follows a number of different people in the Milwaukee area struggling with housing issues and uses their stories, and plenty of social science, to tell explain the way…
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Review Foer’s Moonwalking With Einstein
Moonwalking with Einstein: The Art and Science of Remembering Everything Joshua Foer I read a lot of these experiential journalism books. Some of these are call-in jobs that would have been better as a magazine article, but many, including this one (and Cork Dork), are entertaining edutainment in which a pretty smart person gets to…
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The Boston Qualifier Questionnaire – Ginny
Huge congrats to Ginny who qualified for the first time at the age of 60! You’re an inspiration! Name Ginny Sex: Female Age (at the time of first BQ): 60 Height: 5’6” Weight (at the time of first BQ): 124 At which marathon did you get your first BQ? B&A Trail Marathon Tell us a…
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Review: Outlandish Knight: The Byzantine Life of Steven Runciman
Outlandish Knight: The Byzantine Life of Steven Runciman Minoo Dinshaw A seven hundred page biography of a now largely forgotten historian named Steven Runciman. Why I picked this up, I’m not sure. Why I enjoyed it as much as I did is also a bit of a mystery. Runciman, who wrote a wildly popular…
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Review Kolhatkar’s Black Edge: nside Information, Dirty Money, and the Quest to Bring Down the Most Wanted Man on Wall Street
Black Edge: Inside Information, Dirty Money, and the Quest to Bring Down the Most Wanted Man on Wall Street Sheelah Kolhatkar High brow business tell all gossip about the rise and (kinda) fall of one of the most successful hedge managers of all time, Steve Cohen of SAC Capital. Cohen, if you don’t know, ran…
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On Re-Reading Gifford’s Spring Chicken and Thinking About Improving My Health Span
Spring Chicken: Stay Young Forever (Or Die Trying) Bill Gifford I almost never re-read books. So the fact that I have now read Bill Gifford book on the science of aging twice should show you something about my current obsession with aging. As I said last time I read it, the book hits just the…
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Top 20 Posts and Pages
Milo just went over the 200,000 hit mark, which is pretty cool. By far the most popular section of this sprawling mess is the Boston Qualifier Questionnaire, which, if you’re a runner, is worth checking out. But in this post, I thought I’d highlight the 20 most popular posts on that aren’t related to the…
Milo and the Calf 