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100 Days of Milo: Day 39 Quoth the Runner
A collection of posts of thoughtful or inspiring running quotes, often with pictures, can be found here.
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100 Days of Milo: Day 38 — Prospect Park Legends
Here’s a page collecting the posts I write on well known or inspiring atheletes who frequent my local park, Prospect Park in Brooklyn, NY.
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The BQ(Q) – Tim Healy
Thirty eight years of running and then a BQ! Congrats Tim! Name Tim Healy Sex: Male Age (at the time of first BQ): 60 Height: 6′ Weight (at the time of first BQ): 148 At which marathon did you get your first BQ? Erie Marathon Tell us a little about the race. The last date…
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The BQ(Q) – Anton Krupicka (La Sportiva)
Anton Krupicka is one of the faces of ultra-running, know for big mileage in the mountains and pushing the boundaries of what it means to be a mountain athlete. But before he won Leadville and began redefining what it meant to be a mountain runner, he raced cross country… and had some serious wheels. Here he tells…
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Your Occasional Stoic — Clear the Mind, Time is Running Out
Remember how long you have put off these things. Remember how often you have received an opportunity from the gods, and not used it. You must now at last perceive of what universe you are a part, what power rules you, and that a limit of time is fixed for you, which if you do…
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Review: Hamilton’s the Greek Way
The Greek Way Edith Hamilton This is a really bad book. Like, really bad. Well, perhaps bad isn’t the right word. Hopelessly dated and irrelevant might be better. Hamilton (author of the excellent introduction to Mythology) attempts to explain the unique and superior nature of ancient Greece through a review of its culture and comparison…
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The BQ(Q) – Top Ten Female Respondents
This post collects the ten most popular responses from female runners. All responses are cataloged here. Interested in taking the questionnaire? You can find it here. Laura (aka Frayed Laces), Age: 25 Kristy (run the long road), Age: 34 Janae J (Hungry Runner Girl), Age: 24 Lindsay (Chasing the Kenyans) Age: 24 Candice S Age:…
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Review: Delany’s Dhalgren
Dhalgren Samuel Delany When people ask me what my favorite book is, I generally demure. Does anyone have a single favorite? I know I do not. But as I hem and haw about what it means for a book to be my “favorite” I almost always end up discussing Dhalgren. It isn’t my favorite book,…
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100 Days of Milo: Days 30 & 31 Mens and Womens BQ(Q) Pages
As the Boston Qualifier Questionnaire continues to grow, I’m trying to find ways to make the database more useful. With that in mind, I’ve broken out individual pages for the Male and Female responses. You can still find a complete list of every response here, and of course the spreadsheet is probably the easiest way…
Milo and the Calf 