Milo and the Calf

Author: seanv2

  • Totals for the Week Ending 6-7-2015

    Run Miles for the week: 24.6 in 3:55:16 Run Miles for the year: 642.1 Projected total miles for the year: 1464.8 Weekly/Daily averages to reach 2k run miles 46.9/6.7 Run Streak: 0 Number of runs that were one stupid mile: 0 Days until I beat my old run streak: n/a Prospect Park loops for the…

  • Friday Inspiration: Triathlon Training

    With Vermont City Marathon behind me, its time to focus on the New York City Triathlon in July. I’m really excited to spend more time on the bike (though less excited about spending more time in the pool). Come July, I’m gonna be all:

  • The BQ(Q) – Guillaume R

    Guillaume played football (soccer to us Americans) in high school and then didn’t do any exercise for a decade. In two years, he went from starting couch to 5k to running a 3:06:53 marathon. That’s an incredible accomplishment. See how he did it below! Name: Guillaume R Sex: male Age (at the time of first…

  • Totals for the Week Ending 5.31.2015

    Run Miles for the week: 10.5 in 1:40:52 Run Miles for the year: 612.5 Projected total miles for the year: 1470.8 Weekly/Daily averages to reach 2k run miles 46.1/6.6 Run Streak: 0 Number of runs that were one stupid mile: 0 Days until I beat my old run streak: n/a Prospect Park loops for the…

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    Review: Ellroy’s Cold Six Thousand

    The Cold Six Thousand James Ellroy The Cold Six Thousand is the second volume of Ellroy’s “Underworld Trilogy” tracing the history of 1960s America through the lives of real and imagined gangsters. Written in an intense staccato style, the books are filled with conspiracies, bad men behaving horribly, and real and imagined dirt on most…

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    Review: Mosley’s Long Fall

    The Long Fall Walter Mosley Crime novels are very grounded in place. George Pelacanos’s novels sing of DC; Laura Lippman’s of Baltimore of Los Angeles, and until recently, Walter Mosley’s most famous crime novels were set in Watts. For the last decade of so the heavy hitters of crime fiction have mostly been avoiding New…

  • Friday Inspiration — The Injured Runner

    I found this video of 15 hours in he life of Anton Krupicka strangely moving and inspiring in its discussion of a running struggling to find balance. Krupicka is a talent runner and a thoughtful guy. Here, he discusses how injury has hampered his running career. I feel for him. Especially as it seems his youthful…

  • The BQ(Q) – Lani T

    One of the things I love about doing this project is seeing the myriad ways people work their way to a BQ. Here’s an amazing story of Lani T who got her BQ after weight loss surgery and a lot of hard work. Congratulations, Lani! I’m sure your story will be an inspiration to many. Check…

  • Totals for the Week Ending 5.24.2015

    Run Miles for the week: 31.2 in 5:29:07 Run Miles for the year: 602 Projected total miles for the year: 1494.8 Weekly/Daily averages to reach 2k run miles 45.4 Run Streak: 0 Number of runs that were one stupid mile: 0 Days until I beat my old run streak: n/a Prospect Park loops for the…

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    Race Autopsy: Vermont City Marathon

    The day started as it always does, with coffee and a crying baby.  As E got the little dude dressed, I packed the provisions in the car, chugged a bunch of water, and ate a bagel. Forty minutes later, and forty five minutes before the start, we were pulling into Burlington. I had expected to…