Monthly Archives: February 2012

The Philadelphia Broad Street Run: One Year Later

Posted on February 27, 2012 by

I may tell people I’m training this year for the 2012 Marine Corps Marathon, but there’s one race scheduled this spring that’s nearer and dearer to my heart – the Philadelphia Broad Street 10 Miler. That’s the race that started … Continue reading →

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Avoiding Cross-Training Like the Plague

Posted on February 26, 2012 by

There are times I’ll willingly step out of my comfort zone. Wearing electric blue pants in the light of day? Fine. Ordering the tasting menu at Manzo, complete with a petit filet of bovine tongue? No big deal. Helping my … Continue reading →

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40 Days of Fitness

Posted on February 23, 2012 by

Very few holidays fall on Wednesdays, and those that do as part of their calendared schedule usually elicit widespread revulsion for their brazen decision to situate themselves midweek. Seriously. Raise your hand if this sounds familiar: “Can you believe it?! … Continue reading →

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Traveling Light

Posted on February 18, 2012 by

As difficult as it may be to eat healthy in New York – especially after Shake Shack decided its flagship restaurant 0.4 miles from my office wasn’t sufficient and opted to open a second East Side hub 0.3 miles from … Continue reading →

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Willpower or Lack Thereof

Posted on February 13, 2012 by

I have never been good with temptation. Out of sight, out of mind may work for the more evolved among us, but if I know there’s an entire tray of blueberry muffins cooling in the kitchen, I know I’m not … Continue reading →

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Five a Day

Posted on February 11, 2012 by

Most of the advice I internalized in 1991 was probably flawed. For instance: If your distant cousin arrives at your Chicago apartment straight of the boat from the fictionalized island of Mypos, you should absolutely bring him on a double … Continue reading →

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Low-Carb Dieting

Posted on February 9, 2012 by

When other people think about Middlebury College, I imagine they conjure up scenes of good-looking 20-somethings in matching North Face jackets making their way to 5 a.m. crew practice. When I think about Middlebury College, I picture a wedge of … Continue reading →

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How I Became a Runner

Posted on February 7, 2012 by

This afternoon, I got my first blog post topic request from an old college friend. It read a little something like this: blog post idea: could you write about how you first started running? like what distance and times were … Continue reading →

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Gridiron Classic Recap or: Why I’m a Terrible New Yorker

Posted on February 5, 2012 by

Today, Ron Burgundy and I are finding ourselves in a glass case of (mixed) emotions. On one hand, I dominated the NYRR Gridiron Classic (4M) this morning and – despite what I thought would be a detrimentally slow first mile … Continue reading →

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Double or Nothing

Posted on February 4, 2012 by

Before I begin this blog post, everyone get your heads out of the gutter. We’re all good? Ok. This week, I did my first two-a-day. Regrettably, a two-a-day is not the duo of lobsters I’d promised in an earlier post, … Continue reading →

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