Picked up and put down the second part of this graphic novel in two days last week. As with most sequels, I didn’t care for it as much as the first. Interestingly, I’m in the minority there (it gets better reviews from the public). A solid closing to the story. In producing this painfully honest story of his father’s life, Art Spiegelman has done…
With my big race (Cherry Blossom) in less than a month, I really needed to get a longer race under my belt in order to better figure out what kind of pace I should run. The club’s Burke Lake 12k would be that race. My goal for the Cherry Blossom is a 1:15. That’s 7:30 per mile for 10 of them. I told myself…
With two 60+ degree days in a row and many more in the forecast, I think we’ve safely rounded the corner… I’ve been fighting to hold this post back, but the time has come. We made it through the entire winter without turning on our heat. I gave a small space heater in the bedroom an initial try last winter and it cut my…
With gadgetitis and due for some speed-work, I chose to head into the 44 degree downpour at lunch yesterday for the 457.75th running of the Tidal Basin 3K. In the back of my mind, I was thinking this could be my big moment… the one in which I win a race outright. Unfortunately, due to the terrible conditions, folks who had been running in…
After many years of getting by and pulling my hair out with a semi-functional (it stopped working correctly after about two years, after which I waited for “a new level” of device for another three) Garmin Forerunner 205, Garmin has answered my prayers and made the perfect device for me. I’ve waited patiently, they announced the new device in the middle of last year, have…
Waiting for a meaty book to arrive from Amazon, I found myself at the library doing some browsing for items short and sweet. I hopped onto Goodreads, waded through my “to read” list, and came to this title. I have no idea when or how it got to my list as I hadn’t recalled ever hearing of it, but I had to have put…