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Book Nerds: Richard Prince
A new series on interesting book collectors. Richard Prince is among my favorite of contemporary artists. His Marlboro Man changed the way I thought about art and his autographed photos remain among the high points of New York clever school of art. Prince is also a serious book nerd. His collection, housed in a…
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Training for the week ending 10.2.2011
RECAP: Ugh, I was really hoping to put together a good week, but incessant rain, family obligations, and just an all-around down attitude about running made this week more “eh” then “yeah!”. Still better than last week. Alright, the numbers: Summary: Run Streak: 6 days Average Weight –183.5 Running Miles: 29 in 4:34:00 Bike Miles:…
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Heading North
Traveling today for Rosh Hashanah, but I got out and got in a silly one mile run early this morning before work. As I push my way back to being in shape over the next couple of months, keeping up the running streak and writing here regularly are going to be important. As I said…
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Back at it
Consistency. That’s what it is all about in running. One twenty mile run isn’t going to get you ready for a marathon, but week after week, month after month, of strong mileage – that’s where it’s at. It is an easy thing to understand, but a hard thing to accomplish. I sure haven’t lately. In…
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Injured
On Tuesday, I was stupid. My club practice had us doing 200 meter sprints with thirty seconds rest. By the fourth sprint, I was starting to feel some pain in my right groin muscle, so what did I do? I ran ten more. Stupid, I know, but what can I say? It was drilled into…
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The Boston Qualifier Questionnaire
Hi readers, I’m still very interested in your stories of qualifying for the Boston Marathon. Check out the answers I have recieved so far here. If you want to share your story of what it took to qualify for Boston, drop me an email at dearjtd at gmail
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Three Boroughs, Three Bridges and Some 9/11 Reflections
Like many New Yorkers, I tried to just go about my business this Sunday, September 11th, and my business on Sunday was to get my longest run of this training cycle done. The goal was 20 miles, I made it 19.25 before I called it a day. I feel pretty good about that. Inspired…
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Training Totals Week Ending 9.11.2011
RECAP: Forward progress, that’s for sure. Even with a day off on Monday to accommodate a wedding related hang over and a flight home I was able to squeak in fifty miles for the week. Very happy about that. Not as happy about my performance on the long run this weekend, the first fifteen went…
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Training Totals 9.4.2011
RECAP: Once again I didn’t hit all the goals, but I did make significant progress. 48 miles isn’t fifty, and nine hours isn’t ten, but neither is is bad. I had an excellent track work out, which I think shows that my 5k PR is soft, and I ran 15 miles on Friday night with…
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Some Thoughts on Running Streaks
A hearty congratulations to Jon Simpson who recently celebrated a running streak of forty years. Mr. Simpson is a big dog in the world of running streaks, only six other people in the United States have run everyday for forty years. It’s a serious feat. I’m a bit of a run streaker myself, at…
Milo and the Calf 