Before I begin my stargazing and give you my predictions for 2009, let's review my predictions for 2008 and see how I did ( Read more... )

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Three times I've run a full marathon, and although each time the level of suckitude I experienced during the last 3 to 6 miles varied, each time I did promise myself that it would be the last time I'd ever run a marathon ( Read more... )

Last night I was very anxious about the race, mostly because I'd never run a long distance in below-freezing weather, so I was concerned that I'd either wear too little or wear too much, and either way my willy would get frostbite ;-) And also because I'd be running alone, and also because it had only been six weeks since my last marathon, so ... ( Read more... )

I've run two marathons before, and survived, but this is still a major physical, mental, and emotional undertaking -- to spend over 4 hours running 26.2 miles. And this time I'll be running without Tod or K by my side ( Read more... )

Lucy is our dog. When we bought this house in early 2006 we erected a backyard fence so she could stay outside as long as we/she wanted. She often requests to go outside, especially during the cooler months of the year. She doesn't mind staying out there for hours, sleeping in the sun, barking at anything that moves, sniffing the ground ( Read more... )

OK. I'm going to run the half marathon. That's what I really wanted to run in Philly, after switching Baltimore to a full marathon. Yeah, that makes last weekend's 28 miler sort of a waste, and I would've trained very differently the past two weeks if I'd known, but, now it is taper time and I'm just going to enjoy running a half marathon in ( Read more... )

My opinions are shaped by my own history, and by my study of history. In my more egotistical moments, all this history bubbling through my head can feel like wisdom. But when I leave my head behind it can feel like bias. My models of the world are not the world, no matter how much data I stuff inside ( Read more... )

Stock markets down more than 70%: Vietnam (-70.5%), Peru (-73.2%), Ireland (-73.4%), Russia (-73.9%), Iceland (-88.7 ( Read more... )

2:01:07 in the 2008 Frederick Half-Marathon, beating my Seattle time by more than three minutes ( Read more... )