100 days from now I and 24 thousand and some of my running cohorts will be toeing the line in Hopkinton for THE BOSTON MARATHON!!!Yes the day is incredible and auspicious and yes the course is historic and challenging and yes the crowds are THE BEST, but to me what matters most is the journey.The [Read More]
Archives for 2010
A Final Word on Resolutions
photo: Marina Oliphant From the looks of the gym parking lot, I’d say everyone has started making good on their New Year’s resolutions. I think I’ll arrange to drop in by parachute the next time I want to workout there. I haven’t set any terribly ambitious goals.I will be a happy camper if I can: [Read More]
A Final Word on Resolutions
photo: Marina Oliphant From the looks of the gym parking lot, I’d say everyone has started making good on their New Year’s resolutions. I think I’ll arrange to drop in by parachute the next time I want to workout there. I haven’t set any terribly ambitious goals.I will be a happy camper if I can: [Read More]
Taming the Monkey Brain
I’ve known for some time now that occasionally I am prone to negative self-talk.Since acknowledgment is the first step in recovery, I’m gonna out myself here.As you probably know, my focus has turned to Boston training for just over a week now. The uber cold weather, coupled with the fact that I operate on toddler [Read More]
Taming the Monkey Brain
I’ve known for some time now that occasionally I am prone to negative self-talk.Since acknowledgment is the first step in recovery, I’m gonna out myself here.As you probably know, my focus has turned to Boston training for just over a week now. The uber cold weather, coupled with the fact that I operate on toddler [Read More]
Happy Anniversary Giveaway!
Yes time does fly. Who’d have thunk I’d be Running Off at the Mouth for a whole year already? Indeed it is true. One year is the paper anniversary so to commemorate I thought I’d keep with the paper theme.My latest giveaway is sponsored by: The lucky winner will receive a $50 GC for the creation of [Read More]
Happy Anniversary Giveaway!
Yes time does fly. Who’d have thunk I’d be Running Off at the Mouth for a whole year already? Indeed it is true. One year is the paper anniversary so to commemorate I thought I’d keep with the paper theme.My latest giveaway is sponsored by: The lucky winner will receive a $50 GC for the creation of [Read More]
It’s a Jungle Out There
Registration opened for March Madness, the horrendously hilly 1/2 marathon I’ve done every late winter now for 3 years and counting. It’s small and bare-bones swag wise: a field of 1000, no medals, a shirt for the first 200 only, and weather that has not exceeded 24 degrees but it’s allure has grown exponentially. Last [Read More]
It’s a Jungle Out There
Registration opened for March Madness, the horrendously hilly 1/2 marathon I’ve done every late winter now for 3 years and counting. It’s small and bare-bones swag wise: a field of 1000, no medals, a shirt for the first 200 only, and weather that has not exceeded 24 degrees but it’s allure has grown exponentially. Last [Read More]
Blue Moon
Did you see the blue moon last night/this morning? Our very rare second full moon in a month’s time? Although the blue has nothing to do with it’s color, around here it did cast an eerily pretty bluish glow on the snow. Although I’m no astrologer, I interpret this blue moon on the last day [Read More]