Category: Navel Gazing
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Our Preterm Baby Part One: PPROM
Introduction When my wife’s water broke at 29 and half weeks gestational age, I immediately started googling. “born 29.5 weeks” “preemie 30 weeks” “water broke 29 weeks” etc, etc, etc. I read stories of incredible women and families who dealt with very severe health issues, or almost no issues at all. I read message boards,…
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62 Day Challenge: Day 4 Not Everyday Is Interesting
Reflection: Another long day of work and social engagements (PURIM PARTY!), but got the miles in and stuck to the diet. Not everyday is interesting. In fact, most days won’t be. Day 3 done, 60 days to go. Daily Weight 179.2 (weight, why you no move?) Breakfast ½ avocado, 1 cup of strawberries Lunch Hummus…
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62 Day Challenge Day 2: The Health Benefits of a Frozen Cheese Burrito
Reflection: Started the day with five very early miles with Taitdogg, followed by push-ups and mediation. All done before 7 am. At my age, I prefer to get the exercise done early, but my kid has an unpredictable sleep schedule so these days are rare. Still struggling with the morning calories. I started the day…
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62 Day Challenge Day 1: Working out the Kinks
Reflection: Day 1 and we’re working out the kinks. Definitely don’t have any idea how much fruit I need to stay full till lunch. Hence the Pret run and poor lunch choice. Exercise was a chill recovery day, mediation was just like everyone says… five minutes is a long time. Below is my first attempt…
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62 Day Challenge: Introduction
I was going to do this as a second, secret, tumblr, but I can’t figure out how to format anything there, so you’re stuck reading this here on Milo. Sorry. Luckily, the vast majority of people who visit this site visit the BQ(Q) pages, so they should be spared my navel gazing. Here’s the…
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2015: My Physical Year
What is there to say about my physical year? I did more than I did in 2014, but still not nearly enough. It’s never enough. I could beat myself up over that, but instead, I’ll let the numbers do the talking. Running I ran 1383.6 miles in 2015. That’s about 300 more than in 2014.…
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A Programing Note: 100,000 hits
Over the new year, this website reached 100,000 hits. Honestly, when I started it, I never expected that many people would check it out. By far, the vast majority of visitors to the site are interested in the Boston Qualifier Questionnaire, a project I started after asking a few people in an internet forum about…
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Reflection on Martin Ginsburg
Adapted from a blog post written long ago for something else. “A disproportionate part of my professional life has been devoted to protecting the deservedly rich from the predations of the poor and downtrodden, and it is not easy to see why that deserves a medal” – Martin Ginsburg I didn’t really know Martin Ginsburg,…
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Race Autopsy: the 2015 New York City Marathon
Race reports are boring for everyone but the runner who writes them. This one is probably no different. Yet when you spend over four hours running around New York City for no goddamn reason, you want to memorialize it somehow. Here’s some thoughts on my day. 4:30 AM We’ll start at the beginning – our…
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A small memory of floating in a sensory deprivation tank.
The New York Times had a short article this Sunday noting the reemergence of so called “sensory deprivation tanks” in which one floats in darkness, suspended in salt water heated to the body’s temperature. The idea is to give you the sensation of weightlessness and break from the sensory barrage of modern life. According to…
Milo and the Calf 