With the half marathon fading further into the distance, I just wanted to collect some final thoughts on my adventure. For those of you who have followed me all along, you know that I did not expect to even get…
Another race is under the ‘water belt’ for me. Yesterday, I completed the NYC United Half Marathon in 2:06:16 (approximately 9:38 minutes per mile). Although not a personal best for me (I missed my record by merely 17 seconds), it…
Birthdays smurthdays. As you get older, they seem more like days and less like special events. But I remember a time when birthdays were purely magical. Growing up, I was blessed to have an incredibly large family so by default…
With my end in sight next Sunday, March 19, 2017, I can’t help but reflect warmly on where the last 10 weeks have brought me. As you may recall from a previous post, when I started on this path, it…
So part of my training consists of doing long and sometimes monotonous runs during the weekends. Not only can these runs be boring, but doing them alone makes me realize just how long it takes to go out there and…
So everyone knows one of the greatest things about running is eating. It is the only time carbs become your hero and sodium your friend. So why not package them all together in a fun-for-all gnocchi-making night? My thoughts exactly!…
So I may be a little crazy thinking that I could take on the challenge of training for this half marathon in the middle of winter, but I’m not stupid. I know that with everything else I have going on,…
Four simple words. HERE, WE TEACH LIFE. I get chills when I read this and I can still hear this coming out of my dad’s mouth after a teachable moment at his beloved Primadonna Restaurant. Working with the public, there…
Long ago in a time without children, I used to have goals for myself that only involved me. I know, a very hard concept for any fellow parent to remember, right? But at one point, we were all the center…
As some of you may know, I work closely with the St. Paul’s Community Development Corporation as their Grant Writer. The SPCDC promotes human self-sufficiency through their many programs serving greater Paterson and Passaic County NJ. The Men’s Shelter, one…