The CHaD’s “Outrun the Sun” renamed: “Outrun the Weather”

When I made the list of ten races I’d run this year, I worked hard to space them out so I wouldn’t have to run too many in close succession. The most challenging part of doing this was finding races in the summer, because most races take part in the spring or fall. I managed [...]

A Hot Time in the Big Town

In almost every way, the New York Half Marathon lived up to the hype it created. The field of runners was massive (10,000 ran), the crowds cheered en-masse, even the skyscrapers seemed to demand the best from us. But most importanly, a new course record was set. No, it wasn’t my record….I [...]

New York City Half TODAY!

New York City, 4:30 AM
I’ve not blogged in a while and I had a few moments to kill this morning, so I thought I’d post a few words while my family slept sound to the humming of the hotel air conditioner.
At around 5:00 AM, I will take the elevator down to the lobby, walk [...]

Eating Dust In The Green Mountain State

The Covered Bridges Half-Marathon is one of the most popular of all races in the country. When registration opens in December, the race is full in a couple of hours (overheard during the race today). It’s reputed to have some of the most beautiful race course in the Northeast and the fact [...]

There’s No Dancing Under The Lights For Me Tonight

OK, so I ran Boston’s Run To Remember today….it wasn’t pretty, but I ran. I have no idea what temperature it was (somewhere in the 70’s), but it felt like the race ran right along the equator…I could have sworn I was in Key West or Cancun. I offer you this, of course, as [...]

I Run On The Road, Long Before I Dance Under The Lights

We now interrupt our regularly scheduled program on National Health Insurance to bring you this special message………………..
With only a few days left before my first race, it’s appropriate to get back “on message”. At this point, we’ve almost raised $3,000, thanks to the incredibly generous donations of a lot of people. However, this is just [...]

How to run 131 miles in 10 months

First of all, apparently no one’s done the math: If I do a Half Marathon (13.1 miles) for every $5,000 raised, I’d need to run 10 races to make my goal of $50,000, and I only have 7 races listed on my fundraising website. Truth is that there are several other races in New England [...]

Starting in the middle

Two days ago, I emailed all my friends and family to let them know about a quest I’ve embarked on to raise $50,000 for the Developmental Medicine Center at the Childrens Hospital Boston. This might seem like a good place to start my blog, since it is in fact a kind of start to this [...]