Nobody Cares About Your Run

The only thing more boring than running is reading about someone else's run. The perfect reason for another running blog.

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Two years later.  

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Three years later.

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It’s really hard to comprehend that it’s been four years.

We were, we are, and we will always be - Boston Strong.  

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Five years ago today.

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Six years.

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Seven years.  

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Eight years.

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Nine years.  Still strong. 

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One decade later. Always strong

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Just a reminder in light of Roe V Wade being overturned:

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Two years later.  

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Three years later.

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It’s really hard to comprehend that it’s been four years.

We were, we are, and we will always be - Boston Strong.  

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Five years ago today.

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Six years.

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Seven years.  

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Eight years.

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Nine years.  Still strong. 

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Ted Cruz condemning a book that is on my kids’ bookshelf and in regular rotation in my home is making me feel good about my parenting. 

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Two years later.  

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Three years later.

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It’s really hard to comprehend that it’s been four years.

We were, we are, and we will always be - Boston Strong.  

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Five years ago today.

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Six years.

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Seven years.  

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Eight years.

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THE WEST WING 1.22 – “What Kind of Day Has It Been”

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Two years later.  

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Three years later.

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It’s really hard to comprehend that it’s been four years.

We were, we are, and we will always be - Boston Strong.  

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Five years ago today.

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Six years.

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Seven years.  

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Wait - this is real?  I honestly thought this was from an Onion article.

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[Former Oregon Project coach Steve] Magness also claims that [Alberto] Salazar called Jenny Simpson “way too soft and pudgy” in 2012.  (Source: New York Daily News, November 8, 2019)

For context, here is Jenny at the 2012 USATF Olympic Trials:

Another shot from the 2012 Trials:

And here she is at the 2012 London Olympics:

According to Wikipedia,  Body dysmorphic disorder (BDD), occasionally still called dysmorphophobia, is a mental disorder characterized by the obsessive idea that some aspect of one's own body part or appearance is severely flawed and therefore warrants exceptional measures to hide or fix one's dysmorphic part on one's figure.

The technical term for individuals who have a dysmorphic view of other peoples’ bodies and who impose that view on others is “asshole.”

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Opinion | I Was the Fastest Girl in America, Until I Joined Nike

Mary Cain’s male coaches were convinced she had to get “thinner, and thinner, and thinner.” Then her body started breaking down.

In 2013, I saw Mary Cain race at the New Balance Grand Prix in Boston. Still a high school student, she finished third in the two mile against professional women and broke the high school girls record. Let’s Run called it “The Greatest Distance Performance in US HS Girls History.” I remember watching her cross the line and the joy on her face as she saw the time and realized what she had done. I remember my now wife saying how much Cain looked like a slightly awkward teenager even though she had talents and abilities far beyond her age. I’ve occasionally wondered what happened to her in the years since. She raced at the World Championships that summer but started a downward performance spiral shortly thereafter. Now we know. Eff Nike. Eff Salazar. I hope Mary finds health and happiness again. Let’s all do better.

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Trump supporters:

You realize that when he said that he could shoot someone in the middle of 5th Avenue and not lose any voters, he wasn’t praising your loyalty - he was calling you stupid. You get that, right?

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Goodnight Moon: A Critical Analysis

I love reading to Baby S.  My wife and I read the same books to her at bedtime most nights.  And because she’s only 5 months old, we’ve decided that Go The F*ck to Sleep isn’t age-appropriate, Goodnight Moon is a go-to for us.

Don’t get me wrong, I love Goodnight Moon.  It’s a classic.  

But can we agree that almost all of the objects in that room are strange?  

Within the room in question, there is:

A telephone (What child needs a landline phone in their room?)

A red balloon (Was it the child’s birthday recently and this was left over?  It must have been recent, otherwise it would have started to deflate and would no longer float.)

A picture of a cow jumping over the moon (Not my particular taste in paintings, but I suppose art is subjective.)

Three little bears, sitting on chairs (See above.)

Two little kittens (We’ll get back to these later.)

A pair of mittens (Fine - kids play in the snow, get their mittens wet, and they need to be hung up to dry.  But shouldn’t there also be a hat on the drying rack?  Snow pants?  Other winter gear?)

A toy house (Totally normal for a kid’s room.  No issues here for once.)

A young mouse (Really?  A rodent just sitting there?  Why aren’t the kittens taking care of that?  Seems unsanitary to me?  Isn’t that how the bubonic plague started?)

A comb and a brush and a bowl full of mush (Does a kid really need both a comb and a brush?  Wouldn’t one or the other do the trick?  And what’s the deal with food just sitting out in a bowl?  Wouldn’t this attract the mouse?  Especially since the cats are clearly ineffectual at keeping critters at bay ...)

A quiet old lady who was whispering “hush” (So many questions.  Who is this lady?  A babysitter?  A nanny?  The child’s mother?  Another relative?  A stranger who broke in and who is likely freaking the heck out of the poor child?)

A light (No issue here, but if it’s bedtime, why is the light on and shining on the balloon?  That would cast a shadow that would probably look like a ghost and freak out the kid!)

Two clocks (Why two clocks?  Is the kid obsessed with time?  Is the kid worried about being late?  Seems like a recipe for anxiety to me.  And these are the old-fashioned wind-up clocks by the looks of them.  Imagine the ticking!  No wonder the kid can’t sleep and just keeps talking to all the objects in the room!)

And don’t get me started on the “Goodnight nobody” page - I’m going to start telling people I provided the illustration for that one.  

It’s possible that this may be exhibit A in the case of “Why Matt’s childless friends fake seizures to get out of conversations with him.”

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Creep on the train

Story time!

Last week, I was commuting home from work on the subway.  I was almost to my stop when I felt an alert come through on my phone.  

It was my Air Drop.  

Weird, I thought. Typically, the only Air Dropped photos I get are from my wife of Baby S. 

(And I’m guessing there are a lot of women out there who know where this is going.)

I looked at the photo and saw a selfie of a man taken in a bathroom mirror, shirtless, wearing some sort of strange mask.

Obviously, I declined the photo.  

Not going to lie - I felt angry, disgusted, but most of all violated.  

I looked around quickly to see if anyone appeared guilty or, I don’t know, the type who would send something like that.  But no luck.

If I had to guess, it was some perv who gets off on making other people feel uncomfortable like that.  If he actually saw me looking around, he probably got a thrill at having succeeded.

Needless to say, my Air Drop settings have been changed from “Everyone” to “Contacts Only.”

After having several days to think about this, it occurs to me that women get this and far worse daily.  And with this very small glimpse into being harassed (likely not specifically but as part of a broader, shotgun approach to harassment), it makes me more of a feminist.  

I really hope this guy gets caught next time he tries that crap.  And that someone punches him in the head.  

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Fatherhood changes a man

Male Friend (who doesn’t have kids): Don’t you feel a little silly using a word like “paci”?

My inner monologue: Dude, if you had any idea of the ridiculous stuff I say to my three-month-old daughter on an hourly basis just to make her smile ...

Me: Not really - I guess I hadn’t thought about it.

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Fun times on my run commute tonight.

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Woman indicted for manslaughter after miscarrying when shot

An Alabama woman was indicted for manslaughter after she was shot and her unborn child died because a grand jury said she initiated the confrontation,

I’m sorry, but what the actual fuck?