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Another Half Marathon
On a gorgeous fall morning today, I ran my third half marathon in the last 372 days. This one was the toughest one, because my training had suffered over the last month from my being under the weather a bit … Continue reading
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Onwards
What’s next after the Hyannis Half? My body turns to dough if I don’t exercise and indeed exercise hard. In fact, just taking it easy for the last week after the half-marathon made me feel all sluggish and yucky. I … Continue reading
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2:05:38
I have a mission for the rest of this year now. Today, I broke my half-marathon personal best (set last October) by running the 13.1 miles in 2 hours 5 minutes 38 seconds. I managed this even though I struggled … Continue reading
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Boston Half-Marathon
I have been running for many years as my main form of exercise (since I can’t play soccer every day, which is what I used to do growing up). A couple of times I have trained for an actual race, … Continue reading
Root Canal
Last week, coming back from visiting Emma at Shire Village and from the Mosaic general meeting, my toothache started getting worse (I had medicated some tweaks for a few days with Advil). Over the next three days, it gradually reached … Continue reading
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Open Wine Bottles
We had a nice dinner (à deux — with Emma at her sleep-away camp and Pascal in Maine with his best buddy Zach) at Mulino’s Trattoria in Northampton on Saturday night. We had an acceptable bottle of Chianti Classico and … Continue reading
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20 miles
This week I have reached a mile-stone, so to speak, in my 117th attempt at getting in shape. A couple of years ago, after some scary dizzy spells, my cardiovascular system checked out OK, but what with my family history … Continue reading
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The Truth About Vaccines
In a sensitive, yet firmly scientific article in Sunday’s Globe Magazine, Dr. Darshak Sanghavi debunks the alleged link between child vaccinations and autism. Along the way, he reveals the truth about vaccinations: The secret truth about vaccines is that they … Continue reading