After the tragic events at the 2013 Boston Marathon, the New York Road Runners started selling tech shirts to support the One Fund Boston.Being that I am a runner, grew up outside of Boston and ran the Boston Marathon in 2012, I felt personally touched by the events at the race this year and bought…
An old friend who is a 13.1 runner is thinking about training for her first marathon and sent me a note asking for advice: “Do you have any training programs that you particularly like/recommend? Any sage advice for someone who has never gone beyond 13.1?” When asking a runner for advice, the answers are never simple (and always long-winded). Training for…
So much has been written and said about the events at the 2013 Boston Marathon, I honestly don’t think I have any new insights. It was awful and it’s going to change the face of big city marathons. But they f’ed with the wrong people, we suffer through 26.2 miles for fun and we actually…
When I put a picture on Twitter of my homemade tomato sauce, I got a bunch of requests for the recipe. I tweeted it to some, but it really takes more than 140 characters to explain the nuances keeping in mind it’s pretty simple. I learned the basics of this sauce from a former girlfriend’s father who is from a small…
I’m still sorting through my feelings about the tragedy at the Boston Marathon yesterday. I’m planning a post but am still unsure of how to approach the topic. In the meantime, social media within the running community has been buzzing about a Run 4 Boston. I could think of no better way to help digest what happened than…
I hope to run Boston again if to only prove that we are a resilient group that will not cower to terrorism.
