I woke up this morning posting on the wall of my Facebook from fellow runner and good friend, Budd Bailey. Budd is a reporter for the Buffalo News. Every two weeks, his running column appears in the sports section of…
Author: Sam Spritzer
Today is Earth Day
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And you know what, the land of the beautiful reminds me of a major reason why I chose Advanced Bionics’ cochlear implants. At the time I had to decide back in 2006 for my January 2007 surgery, AB was the…
We have a purpose
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The other night, I was in a chat with a fan of my website who has been religiously following my adventures for two years. We were talking about what it was like for this person to all of a sudden…
Sam is bbbaaaccccccckkkkkkkkk…22:49!
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117. Sam Spritzer Williamsville NY 0:22:49 0:07:21 15/M50-54 100/M Today was my first real race of the year…the Bengal Run. It was a cool sunny day out with 644 diehard runners. I actually took 117th and place 15th in my…
Colorful!
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Today was time for my six month mapping. I was really trying to figure out what kind of adjustments to make. But first a trip to the sound booth. There was an improvement as my sound levels improved from 30…
3 and 3….
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A 3 mile run this morning with 3 miles of speed work this evening tells me…I am close to ready to running competitively! Sooooo, Saturday is going to be the true test. I’ll be at the Bengal Run, 9:30 AM…
Why I am not doing the Shamrock Run
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This is the first time I am not doing the Shamrock Run in three years and it looks to be a gorgeous day for it. Instead, I am going to take my truck in for servicing and then meet Mike…
Posting tidbits
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Ever since I was implanted, I have been pretty active in the CI community. It’s my way of saying thank you to those who helped me while I was researching, having the surgeries and going through the post-activation process. And…
Food for thought…
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This is a totally unrelated topic but last night on my facebook, I mentioned that I was going to have a Jewish burger. I wasn’t exactly prepared for the response but anyway, today’s posting is being inspired by some of…
Last night’s dinner at Lisa and Bob’s Citta di Militello
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Last night, Steph and I had a nice quiet dinner at Lisa and Bob’s Citta di Militello. This is a fairly new restaurant that was opened by Bobby Militello and his lovely wife, Lisa along with chef Anthony Sole. This…