Blog Master G

On Saturday I ran my longest run to date: Nearly 17 miles. I only stopped for two brief refueling breaks. I felt great at the end. Alex and I had a greasy diner breakfast following the run, then I cruised home and spent the afternoon doing a few hours of yard work. Later that afternoon, […]

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At 31 today, I’m no longer a spring chicken, technically (I guess), but I still feel like one. My senior year at Vassar I took a contemporary media class taught by then executive editor of The Poughkeepsie Journal Meg Downey, who said to us on the last day of class, “The way you feel right […]

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Last night I dreamt that Stella, Happy, and I were hanging out at Nana’s house. We were playing in the yard and Poco was in one of the bedrooms, awaiting her turn to run outside (since she never got along with Stella and Happy). I hung out in the driveway, sitting on the bumper of […]

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Movies, more snow, taxes 2007, and running. That’s pretty much what sums up mine and Jen’s past weekend. Friday night we rented a couple movies and watched the first one that night: Eagle vs. Shark. It was a cute New Zealand flick about a shy girl who falls for a dorky guy. There were some […]

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Happy February 29! It’s not every day I get the opportunity to blog on February 29th, so I thought the -16 degree temperature showing on my Google Desktop gadget right now was as good an excuse as any to post something: Wow, negative 16. Now that’s freakin’ cold! We’re about to walk the dogs and […]

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Big congrats to my cousin Jamie, who won the XGames XII Women’s Slopestyle event yesterday in Aspen for the 2nd year in a row! There’s a story and great video of Jamie’s winning run on the official EXPN site. And there’s also a story about her win in the Aspen Times. There’s definitely some fierce […]

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I did it: Not only did I run in my first competitive race since college, I ran my first-ever distance race, and I didn’t wimp out after the first 2.2 miles. I ran 4.4 miles in 38 minutes and 33 seconds today, and I feel great! I was 71st of 130 people who ran the […]

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On Friday I finally found my stride. I didn’t want the run to end. As I approached the end of my planned 2.4-mile route, I took a turn to make it last longer. It ended up being 2.7 miles. Before this past summer and fall, I hadn’t run in years. Last March my bro ran […]

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Monday was one hell of a way to say goodbye to 2007 and bring in the new year. The day started with a 9:30am invitation from Hugh, Jami, Eric, and Michele to join them for snow tubing at West Mountain — and after 6-plus inches of snow the night before, I just couldn’t say no. […]

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I’m still waiting for Pete to post his final entry, but in the meantime, here’s my final day with his mustache eve photo: What will his final entry bring? Here’s where you can vote.

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