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Six in the Morning Is Way Too Early for a 5K and Christmas Music . . .

I’m just saying.  Then again, I’ve been up since 3:30am, so the loud Christmas music really isn’t bothering me.  I should’ve joined the 5K, had I known about it with some notice.  Ah, well.

Filed under: Lacking a Muse - Generalities

A Lack of Running Etiquette

To my knowledge, there are etiquette rules that apply when males are using urinals in restrooms. (Please bear with me here.) My older brother A is emphatic on this, and I asked IP to confirm it yesterday: when you walk into a bathroom and see one of the urinals occupied, you attempt to put at [...]

Filed under: Back in Old Canada, The Elegant Runner, To Ann Arbor, With Love

Sing the Praises of the New Balance 858

Oh, New Balance 858. How do I love thee? Let me count the ways!
The toebox on the NB 858 is narrower than the toebox on the 857—similar to the 856 in style. And that, as Martha Stewart says, is a good thing. My toes were all over the place with my 857s and I paid [...]

Filed under: The Elegant Runner

Bite My Stinky, Dusty, Retired New Balance 857s

Saturday’s edition of Salon contained an article lovingly entitled “How Oprah Ruined the Marathon“. Published on the eve of the New York City Marathon, it produced a rash of comments and blog reactions, outraged at Edward McClelland’s blaming the downfall of the American marathoner on Oprah, John Bingham, and every other person who has [...]

Filed under: The Elegant Runner

Lament for the Marathon (or why I’m sort of sad today)

When I woke up this morning, one of my first thoughts was this:
“Right now, people are taking buses to the bridge and trying to find a comfortable spot at Fort Wadsworth. Right now, people are shivering with cold and with nervous anticipation. Right now, people are pinning on their numbers and then layering [...]

Filed under: The Elegant Runner

Punk Rock Baby Turns 23

A very joyous 23rd birthday to my little sister, Dorkus Malorkus. Unfortunately, it seems like my gift and card to her are floating around the USPS system (we hope, at least), so she hasn’t received anything from me yet. Hopefully she will soon. She just moved and we’re hoping that the kinks [...]

Filed under: Family Gal