So the marathon was the Sunday before last, Oct. 18. Monday launched me into another extremely busy week at work, and it wasn’t until Friday night that I finally sat down to write a bit of a race report. Now it’s after nine p.m. on Monday night and I’m finally getting back to it. Basically, […]
My (otherwise excellent) Advanced Marathoning training book gives this advice for taper week: “If at all possible, during the last week before the marathon, reduce not just your training but also the amount of stress in your life.” It goes on to recommend, “Avoid having major deadlines at work or other energy-draining undertakings.” Ha. In […]
It’s been about 8 months since I had to drop out of the Hyannis Marathon at mile 23 with an IT band so messed up I could barely limp. And it’s been about a year since I finished my first marathon, the Maine Marathon in Portland, at 3:19:25, euphoric despite being a bit shy of […]
For me, having grown up here in New England, apple picking is a ritual as iconic as country fairs, sugar on snow, cutting your own Christmas tree, and fishing opening day of trout season. Not I do any one of these things annually, exactly – though most, most years. But they mean enough to me, […]