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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 –…
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Parsha Project — Bereshit
The Parsha In 250 Words (Or So) We begin with God creating the world in six days by (1) separating darkness and light, (2) forming the heavens, (3) setting the boundaries between the earth and the sea and creating plants and trees, (4) fixing the position of the sun moon and stars and thereby allowing…
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Boston Qualifier Questionnaire — Dave M
Name: Dave M Sex: Male Age (at the time of first BQ): 28 Height (at the time of first BQ): 6’0″ Weight (at the time of first BQ): 170 At which marathon did you get your first BQ? Colorado Marathon (Fort Collins, CO) Tell us a little about the race. Great course: point to point…
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Boston Qualifier Questionnaire — Chris
Name: Chris Sex: Male Age (at the time of first BQ): 52, about a week before turning 53 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? 2016 Bank of America Chicago Marathon Tell us a little about…
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Boston Qualifier Questionnaire — Paul D
Name: Paul D Sex: Male Age (at the time of first BQ): 56 Height (at the time of first BQ): 5’7 Weight (at the time of first BQ): 158 At which marathon did you get your first BQ? Mesa-Phoenix Tell us a little about the race. The course was a net downhill. The weather was…
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The Boston Qualifier Questionnaire — Kurt Stolberg
Name: Kurt Stolberg Sex: Male Age (at the time of first BQ): 33 Height (at the time of first BQ): 6’5″ Weight (at the time of first BQ): 199 lbs At which marathon did you get your first BQ? Mississauga Marathon (Canada) Tell us a little about the race. 21st marathon, 20th BQ attempt. 2…
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Your Occasional Stoic — Scarce anything connected with Nature will fail to give him pleasure
Observe what grace and charm appear even in the accidents that accompany Nature’s work. Some parts of a loaf crack and burst in the baking; and this cracking, though in a manner contrary to the design of the baker, looks beautiful and invites the appetite. Figs, too, gape when at their ripest, and in ripe…
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Review: Turgenev’s Fathers and Sons
Fathers and Sons Ivan Tugenev The novel that really introduced the concept of nihilism to the world. In many ways, this is a classic story. Father sends son away to school, son comes back, changed, with new ideas that feel dangerous to the father. They grow apart. But with time, and love, there is a…
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Your Occasional Stoic — Understanding and intelligence often leave us before we die.
Man must consider, not only that each day part of his life is spent, and that less and less remains to him, but also that, even if he live longer, it is very uncertain whether his intelligence will suffice as heretofore for the understanding of his affairs, and for grasping that knowledge which aims at…
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Robert Moses, Swimming
“Almost every day, sometimes twice a day, no matter how busy he was, Moses would swim. He preferred the ocean; he left time for a swim whenever he was over on Jones Beach; as soon as the causeway was completed, even before it was open to the public, he drove across it to swim in…
Milo and the Calf 