Four years is a long time. In that time, a child can double in height, a president can serve their elected term, and a person can matriculate and graduate from college. Also, on a more personal level, I can completely forget how to run a marathon. In case you don’t Read more…
1,470 days. That’s how long it will have been between my last marathon and the Atlantic City marathon, which is on October 22nd. Ashlie and I ventured out to Connecticut in October 2019 to run the Hartford marathon four years ago. I don’t think either of us had any idea Read more…
The four of you who read this blog may remember that last year I ended my streak of running the Utica Boilermaker 15K in under an hour by logging a 1:01:24. This marked the first time in 17 years that I hadn’t gone under 60 minutes, but was not unexpected Read more…
While out on an easy jog the other day, I found myself reliving some of my favorite races. Of course, my proudest personal bests were in there: my 16:00 5K and my 2:39 marathon especially, but I found myself reminiscing about one particular race that truly altered my path in Read more…
By Avery Roberts (age 7) Climate change means that the earth is getting warmer. Burning coal and gas can cause climate change by letting out extra carbon dioxide into the air. Carbon dioxide warms the earth. One way we can tell it’s happening is there is less snow in winter. Read more…
This year did not start out auspiciously for me. After last year’s Boilermaker, a stubborn hip injury, coupled with some plantar fasciitis and a bout of COVID, kept me from getting any sort of training in. Luckily, sometime during the summer, my hip improved and I was able to start Read more…
Besides my usual Boilermaker report a few months ago, this site has been largely on the back burner the past few years. The reason for this are myriad: I’ve been busy with my job, with raising three kids, and struggling with my own wavering commitment to running. The one thing Read more…
My 22nd running the Utica Boilermaker 15K has come and gone, and as is my tradition, I wanted to write down some of thoughts about the race. For those of you keeping track, this year was the 17th year I was gunning for under an hour. A while ago I Read more…
Having kids, and trying to educate them about the world, has led me to realize something about myself: I am fantastically literal. If you had asked me this years ago, I would have scoffed and told you that of course I am not literal; rather, I tend towards the sarcastic Read more…
Last year, I found myself in a bit of a slump when it came to running. All of my personal bests are behind me and receding quickly into the distance, and the lack of races and my preference not to run with anybody as the COVID numbers rose made it Read more…