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Corona Diaries Day 1 – New York on a Early Spring Day
This is part of a series of posts chronicling the Coronavirus outbreak in New York City as seen by me, a father husband and lawyer living in Brooklyn. See them all on the main Corona Diaries page. March 14, 2020 Going to try to do a daily recap of what I am seeing in Brooklyn…
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Boston Qualifier Questionnaire –Mike R
Name: Mike R Sex: Male Age (at the time of first BQ): 38.6 Height (at the time of first BQ): 69″ Weight (at the time of first BQ): 137 At which marathon did you get your first BQ? Flying Pig Tell us a little about the race. My BQ race was my second marathon and…
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Your Occasional Stoic — Freely Choose The Best, And Keep To It
If in the life of man you find anything better than justice, truth, sobriety, manliness; and, in sum, anything better than the satisfaction of your soul with itself and with fate in that which is determined beyond your control; if, I say, you find anything better than this, then turn to it with all your…
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Your Occasional Stoic –Let The God Within Direct You
In action be neither grudging, nor selfish, nor ill-advised, nor constrained. Do not let your thought be adorned with overwrought nicety. Don’t be a babbler or a busybody. Let the God within direct you as a manly being, as an elder, a statesman, a Roman, and a ruler, standing prepared like one who awaits the…
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The Boston Qualifier Questionnaire 00 Charlotte L
Name: Charlotte L Sex: Female Age (at the time of first BQ): 32 Height (at the time of first BQ): 5’4″ Weight (at the time of first BQ): 119lb At which marathon did you get your first BQ? Reykjavik 2019 Tell us a little about the race. It went really smoothly! It was a…
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Boston Qualifier Questionnaire — Cris Gutierrez
Name: Cris Gutierrez Sex: Male Age (at the time of first BQ): 25 Height (at the time of first BQ): 5’11 Weight (at the time of first BQ): 130 At which marathon did you get your first BQ? Erie Marathon Tell us a little about the race. I had run competitively in college up…
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Boston Qualifier Questionnaire –Andrew
Name: Andrew Sex: Male Age (at the time of first BQ): 24 Height (at the time of first BQ): 6’0 Weight (at the time of first BQ): 155-160 At which marathon did you get your first BQ? Marine Corps Marathon Tell us a little about the race. I was incredibly excited to run my first…
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Your Occasional Stoic — Do Not Waste What Remains of Life On What Others Think of You
Do not waste what remains of life on what others think of you, when it makes not for the common good. You are surely neglecting other work if you busy yourself with what others are doing and why, with what they are saying, thinking, or scheming. All such things do but divert you…
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Your Occasional Stoic — The Soul Is Intelligence and Deity, the Body Dust and Corruption
. Hippocrates, who had healed many diseases, himself fell sick, and died. The Chaldeans foretold the fatal hours of multitudes, and afterwards fate carried themselves away. Alexander, Pompey, and Gaius Caesar, who so often razed whole cities, and cut off in battle so many myriads of horse and foot, at last departed from this…
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Boston Qualifier Questionnaire — George
Name: George Sex: Male Age (at the time of first BQ): 23 Height (at the time of first BQ): 5’10” Weight (at the time of first BQ): 165 At which marathon did you get your first BQ? Rock n’ Roll Raleigh (2017) Tell us a little about the race. It was my marathon debut –…
Milo and the Calf 