Milo and the Calf

Author: seanv2

  • The BQ(Q) – Alex Varner (Nike Trail)

    Sometimes you see an interview with a guy and you just get the feeling he’s probably a great dude. I got that feeling the first time I saw and interview with Nike Trail runner Alex Varner. Winner of this year’s Lake Sonama 50 miler, Alex is one of the best among the best American ultra-runners…

  • Training Totals for the Week Ending 11/22/2015

      Run Miles for the week: 30.3 in 6:09:47 Run Miles for the year: 1302.6 Projected total run miles for the year: 1454 Bike Miles for the Week: 43.1 in 3:09:05 Bike Miles for the Year: 557.9 Projected total bike miles for the year: 622.7 Body Weight Work: 00:30:00 Total Exercise Time: ~9:40:00 Average Weight:…

  • Bridges Project: The Grand Street Bridges

    When Phil was putting together his list of runnable bridges in New York, he wisely choose to put these two bridges together as a single entry (#11). Not much to report here really, two bridges, on grand street, over two sections of the terminus of the Newtown creek. The neighborhood is industrial headed leaning hipster,…

  • Bridges Project: Greenpoint Avenue Bridge

    Trying to get after these bridges while also trying to raise a two year can be a challenge. Right now, I’m going for some low hanging fruit within easy long run distance of my house. Today, it was out to hit a couple more of the bridges which cross the Newtown creek. First up was…

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    Review: Walton’s The Just City

    The Just City Jo Walton Top notch speculative fiction, except here, the speculation is that Greek gods create a social experiment where they bring people from throughout human history to attempt to live out the ideas of Plato’s Republic. What to the who now? Exactly. This kind of thing can go off the rails very…

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    Review: Bennett’s City of Stairs

    City of Stairs (The Divine Cities) Robert Jackson Bennett As the brilliant and exceedingly well read Cosma Shalizi would say – mind candy. A well done fantasy (dare I say “urban” fantasy?) about the goings on in a once great city protected by ancient gods who may or may not be reappearing to save the…

  • The BQ(Q) – Mark Washburne (Runeveryday)

    I’ve dabbled in run streaks throughout my running life, (including right now) but never have I come anywhere close to the amazing runners who are members of the United States Running Streak Association, and Streak Runner’s International associations. Mark Washburne is one of these amazing runners, having run every day for 28 plus years. That…

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    Review: Gifford’s Spring Chicken

    Spring Chicken: Stay Young Forever (or Die Trying) Bill Gifford This will come as no surprise, but the older I get, the more obsessed I become with aging and how to stay physically and mentally healthy as the number pile up. Gifford does a good job here of reviewing the latest science and behavioral studies…

  • The BQ(Q) Sage Canaday (Hoka One One)

    Sage’s motto is “any surface, any distance” and his race result show that he means it. Sixteenth at this year’s Boston Marathon, two time winner (and course record holder) and the Speed Goat 50k, first place at the 2014 North Face Endurance challenge. I could go on. And besides being one of the best distance…

  • Review: Norris’s Between You & Me

    Between You & Me: Confessions of a Comma Queen Mary Norris Grammar books generally come in two stripes – clever, and not very helpful and helpful, but not very clever. Between you and me is the book that proves the rule. It’s exceedingly clever (perhaps the best written book on writing well I’ve ever read)…