Monthly Archives: April 2013

James Joyce is stream of consciousness writing. This agrees with some, annoys many.  As a lapsed English Major, I remember well the thoughtful seduction of Joyce and Virginia Woolf.  Getting lost in thoughts, my own mind wandering, rereading passages only … Continue reading →

Ladies and gentlemen, it has happened. Lara Kimmerer is a runner. Let me explain how I know this is a fact: Please note Article of Evidence 1). A text exchange yesterday wherein I stated I was intending to run Summit … Continue reading →

“Well, that was terrible” -Peter Higgins after 12 miles. We are 13 days out from the Long Branch Half Marathon and at the tail end of training for Lara and Peter. Yesterday we set out to run the longest run … Continue reading →

First off, I should tell you I am not currently in Boston. I left last night and came to my childhood home in New Jersey. I needed to find calm. I haven’t found much of it yet. I went to … Continue reading →

Exactly one year ago today I was running the Boston Marathon.  In fact, approximately about this time, 12:15, I was running passed Wellesley College, minutes from where I work.   I’m at work today and it feels wrong.  I was at … Continue reading →

When I first plotted out the training schedule I wanted my sister to follow, I made a forecast. That forecast was that at a certain point during training, distances that at one time seemed insurmountable would become easy, commonplace, even … Continue reading →