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(Gr)attitude: Mile One
Last night after work I headed out to the Greenway for a 5k in the sunshine. My legs still felt heavy from Sunday’s (less than stellar) 14, my calves still knotted and tight. But spring has sprung!...
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(Gr)attitude: Mile Two
Before things start to get too achy on race day, I need to consider how fortunate I am to be running a marathon again less than six months after my first run post-injury. I’m very glad that I had a...
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(Gr)attitude: Mile Three
Last night, I needed to get out for a run; Jack was hoping to take advantage of the gorgeous weather to enjoy a drink outside. Ever the multi-taskers, we laced up and ran five miles to the waterfront –...
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(Gr)attitude: Miles Four, Five and Six
The 20-Miler is not only the pinnacle of a marathon training program, but also a dry run for race day. The aim is to work out the kinks – what not to eat, how much coffee you can handle before a bus...
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Catching Up and Counting Down
It’s about time for a formal confession: friends, family, readers – this year, I bit off more than I could chew. Too many things, too little time, and the easiest, safest place to scale back – sadly –...
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Survival: A Recap
The forecast called for a high of 88 degrees, but temps on the course on Marathon Monday exceeded that by (depending which report you prefer) one to six degrees. The BAA made the very unexpected...
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Pick Up the Pieces
The marathon came and went, and with it took my regular posting. I didn’t run much at all last summer – little interest, less time – and as a result I never completed my series of Grattitude posts,...
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Boston via Hopkinton
Last March, as I was wrapping up training, Jack and I began work on a Boston Marathon poster design, initially with the intent of offering it as a raffle prize at my final fundraiser. The project was...
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Get Up, Get Out, Get Down
Sunday, Monday. It’s been too long, and I’m feeling both our four miles yesterday, and today’s lunch hour yoga. No matter how many times I relearn the lesson – that making time for working out matters...
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Facing Forward
What a month. The second half of April was a strange time to be in Boston, as a resident and as a marathoner, and also as someone who lives in a neighborhood that happens to experience violence far...
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