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How John Kitchen Qualified for Boston
Name: John Kitchen Sex: Male Age (at the time of first BQ): 48 Height (at the time of first BQ): 6’1″ Weight (at the time of first BQ): 175 At which marathon did you get your first BQ? RnR DC Tell us a little about the race. Sprained ankle 2 weeks before race. Had one…
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Karen’s Story of Qualifying for Boston Marathon
Name: Karen Sex: Female Age (at the time of first BQ): 32 Height (at the time of first BQ): 5’10” Weight (at the time of first BQ): 133 At which marathon did you get your first BQ? DesMoines Tell us a little about the race. Nice course around town. Some rolling hills, but nothing crazy.…
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Marc G’s story of Qualifying for Boston
Name: Marc G Sex: Male Age (at the time of first BQ): 26 Height (at the time of first BQ): 5’9 Weight (at the time of first BQ): 165 lbs At which marathon did you get your first BQ? Carlsbad Tell us a little about the race. First ever marathon, first year of running. Told…
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Boston Qualifier Scott’s Story
Name: Scott Sex: Male Age (at the time of first BQ): 27 Height (at the time of first BQ): 5′ 10” Weight (at the time of first BQ): 140 At which marathon did you get your first BQ? Erie Tell us a little about the race. Ran 2:58 relatively even split. Flat course. A little…
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How I Meditate
Life has been a chaotic mess of work, family obligations, failed fitness routines, and unfinished books. Time to refocus the mind and body on the things that matter the most to me, time to begin again a meditation practice. The practice is simple. Routinizing it, prioritizing it, those are the hard things. This is how…
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Review: Ide I.Q.
I.Q. Joe Ide Cat nip for the crime novel fan. Fast paced P.I. story set in Los Angeles with a compelling protagonist, I.Q. A genius, a high school dropout, black, socially insecure and from Long Beach. He’s an unusual hero in a genre more often populated by misanthropic ex-cop white dudes. You won’t be surprised…
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Review: Jemisin’s Stone Sky
The Stone Sky N.K. Jemisin The final chapter in Jemisin’s Broken Earth trilogy. I reviewed the first book the Fifth Season here and the second book, the Obelisk Gate, here. The Fifth Season is one of the best science fiction books I have read in a years and years. Maybe ever. Its world building is…
Milo and the Calf 