The Picture of a Cuckoo Clock
“To get back my youth I would do anything in the world, except take exercise, get up early, or be
Category: Training
To Win a Cuckoo Clock
In a July blog entry, I wondered whether I would be able to turn an old cruise ship into a
Unprepared for Boston, and Ready to Go
Another spring, another Boston Marathon, my fifth in six years. The same obsessive anxieties over the minutia
What Did I Do Right?
In running, as in life, I tend to focus on what I failed to do, or didn’t do
What’s Wrong With Hermitic Training?
This year I trained almost exclusively on my own for the Boston Marathon: no club run, no competitive races and
Creepy Somatization
And now for a musical interlude: the running song of the week is “Creep” by Radiohead. “I’m a creep, I’m
Hunting the Great White Whale: A Sub-3 Boston Marathon
“Oh! Ahab,” cried Starbuck, “not too late is it, even now, the third day, to desist. See! Moby Dick
Nouveau Beginner
This weekend, I was a beginner again: I ran for the time since May 31, after being floored by a
