Day 1….4 easy miles on the dreadmill…9:30 pace. Man, patience is a lot more painful than the agony of stretched tendons in the foot. The idea is for me to pace myself since I have a tendency of going out…
Author: Sam Spritzer
The goal…..
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Starting tomorrow….
Gun control
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Ever since the unfortunate massacre at Newtown CT last month and in Webster NY a couple of weeks ago, we have been bombarded by the media about reasons why we should and shouldn’t have gun control. I have debated this…
Dave Brubeck 1920 – 2012
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Thank you for gracing me with your most wonderful music. Words cannot simply describe the wonderful sounds I’ve had the opportunity to hear with my CIs. Time Out, Dave….in Heaven.
When will it end?
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For the second time this year, someone I knew was killed by a drunk driver, The first was Heather Boyum, a high school teacher, mother of two and triathlete. She was out riding her bicycle one Sunday morning when she…
Taking back my life
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This most recent political season has really done a number on me. The mudslinging, criticisms, name-calling, threats, and all of that bullshit that was bought by the 2012 Presidential campaign really manifested itself into a prison known as Facebook. I…
It was the right call
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Just as predicted yesterday, they cancelled the marathon. I would love to take credit since the call was made around the same time I posted the story. I know some people would call me a loud mouth arrogant SOB but…
To run or not run the marathon
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Superstorm Sandy has really done a number on us runners. Just like the reasons for picking one presidential candidate over another, there is now a debate about whether to run or not run the NYC marathon. We are seeing arguments…
Hello, hello, hello….anyone there?
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Hello, hello, hello….anyone there? That is how I feel dealing with a local appliance store when we called for service on our dryer which decided to take a poopout 2 Sundays ago. And it still hasn’t been fixed yet. After…
The cat peed on the bed!
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Here I was on the first day I have taken off in God knows how long just for me when as I am getting ready to shower, the onerous distinctive odor of cat pee was in the air. Sure enough, there was a…