Milo and the Calf

Author: seanv2

  • Totals for the Week Ending 3-8-2015

    Run Miles for the week: 29.8 in 4:53:42 Run Miles for the year: 265,9 Projected total miles for the year: 1427.3 Weekly/Daily averages to reach 2k run miles 41.2/5.9 Run Streak: 2 (10.4/20.8) Number of runs that were one stupid mile: 0 Days until I beat my old run streak: 112 Prospect Park loops for…

  • Friday Inspiration: Why Endurance Athletes Choose to Suffer

    Like everyone in the northeast, I’m sick of this winter. I’m sick of the cold, and the ice, and the half frozen black slush. More than anything else, I’m sick of running on the treadmill. On the weekends, I generally head outside, regardless of the weather. But during the week, when I’m often running before…

  • Interesting Gers: Martha Nussbaum

    Almost five years ago now, I converted to Judaism. I did so because of a complex set of personal reasons including spiritual growth, intellectual development and love. When I was going through the conversion process, I gazed at my own navel a lot on a now defunct blog where I also wrote a couple of…

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    This Years Main Events

    Last night, it became official – I’m running the New York Marathon in November. And with that, my racing schedule for the year is pretty much set. More for my own amusement than anything else, here’s what my endurance year is looking like — goals are in order of importance (yes, sometimes finishing is more…

  • Totals for the Week Ending 3.1.2015

    Run Miles for the week: 18.3 in 3:00:07 Run Miles for the year: 236.1 Projected total miles for the year: 1436.3 Weekly/Daily averages to reach 2k run miles 5.8/40.8 Run Streak: 2 Number of runs that were one stupid mile: 0 Days until I beat my old run streak: 112 Prospect Park loops for the…

  • Totals for the Week Ending 2.22.2015

    Very late on this one, but here it is… Run Miles for the week: 37 in 5:45:20 Run Miles for the year: 218 Projected total miles for the year: n/a Weekly/Daily averages to reach 2k run miles n/a Run Streak: 0 Number of runs that were one stupid mile: 0 Days until I beat my…

  • Totals for the Week Endining 2.15.2015

    Run Miles for the week: 25.3 in 4:04:20 Run Miles for the year: 180.8 Projected total miles for the year: 1450 Weekly/Daily averages to reach 2k run miles 40.2/5.7 Run Streak: 2 (9.1/18.3) Number of runs that were one stupid mile: 1 Days until I beat my old run streak: 112 Prospect Park loops for…

  • Friday Inspiration: Scott Jurek

    I just finished reading Scott Jurek’s memoir/cookbook Eat and Run.  Its surprisingly good. It reminded me that, while Jurek is pretty far out there on the spiritual end of the running, eh is thoughtful and articulate on the interplay between the science of running and the sports more spiritual dimensions. So, in honor of the…

  • Totals for the week ending 2.8.2015

    Run Miles for the week: 24.8 in 3:53:21 Run Miles for the year: 155.6 Projected total miles for the year: 1419.9 Weekly/Daily averages to reach 2k run miles 40/5.7 Run Streak: 2 (13/6.5) Number of runs that were one stupid mile: 0 Days until I beat my old run streak: 112 Prospect Park loops for…

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    Digging in the Stacks: False Nationalism / False Internationalism

    This is the first post in an occasional series I’ll be doing called Digging in the Stacks. I’ll write about books I find fascinating.  This piece was originally written for another website I used to manage.   False Nationalism False Internationalism (herein after“FNFI”) by E Tani and Kae Sera is a cult classic of the American hard left. Originally published in…