Early in the pandemic, we canceled our membership to the YMCA and bought a treadmill. It was more than just a Dick’s Sporting Goods treadmill—we were told it was a grade just below a gym treadmill. For a year or so, it worked fine. But then it developed some curious traits. The deck seemed toContinue reading “Treadmill, Deadmill, Dreadmill”
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You Don’t Make Gains by Eating Salad
Years ago and somewhat against my will (a story for another day), I was training for the Hartford Marathon. It was a gorgeous morning in early September, and I had just finished a nineteen-mile run. I staggered down my street, drenched in sweat, my knees and ankles aching. A neighbor was out watering his lawn—IContinue reading “You Don’t Make Gains by Eating Salad”
His Smile Lit Up a Room and Other Things to Say at My Funeral 