I’ve been struggling with how to start this post. There are three or four different versions on my iPhone’s notes app. Despite some frustrations with my camera app seemingly not being responsive several times throughout the race, I just scrolled through my photos and I was pleasantly surprised at the number of shots I felt DID […]

In many ways, Stockholm feels like one giant IKEA. I find myself wandering, seemingly aimlessly, yet it’s a methodically curated realm of streets featuring umlauts and d’s and k’s. IKEA may be the ideal Swedish synecdoche. My hotel… well, hostel… is Tatooine chic, as if all the sand dune hovels were painted taupe to give […]

I’m on a jet plane, headed to Amsterdam. We’re running late. I only have an hour layover and I don’t know if inhale to clear EU immigration before my flight to Stockholm or if I can do it when I land in Sweden. If the former, there’s little to no chance I’ll make my connection. […]

So… I printed out the kilometer by kilometer course overview for Saturday’s race. And as I’m sitting here waiting to board my connecting flight I read through it. It sounds beautiful and fun… and to this good ol’ boy from the USA it also sounds unpronounceable. There’s a reason the Swedish Chef gibberish is our […]

The mind is a strange repository of facts, figures, trivia, and memories. Late last night, I got a call that my home 3000 miles away was broken into. It’s the second time a place I’ve lived in has been burglarized, on two different coasts.  Amidst the myriad emotions – the feeling of violation, the shock […]

Bags are packed (mostly). Boarding pass is printed… albeit apparently there’s a plane change that did NOT appear on my ticket. I guess if I did the math I would’ve known something was afoot, but it was surreal to see this pop-up at Delta.com when I got my seat assignment: I’ve checked the weather — […]

Sigh. *** I’m packing up to fly out to Stockholm tomorrow.  A New Zealander friend of mine, a Table 44-mate, is there at the moment and I just messengered her to see how long she was going to be in Sweden. It would’ve been great to see her.  But, Claire, I promise, a Kiwi marathon […]

Fifty people. Five thousand dollars apiece. One hundred twelve times running the bases. In running circles (pun intended), it’s big news. And the mainstream press has picked up on it too. It’s a unique marathon experience – The Fenway Park Marathon. This is a charity focused one-off, an opportunity to do good while doing something […]

As is true of this day and should be true of all days, a recognition to the men and women who fight for freedom, truth, justice, and yes, the American Way. And a recognition to their families who sacrifice as much and maybe more. All gave some, some gave all. We should never forget, nor […]

For a long time, it felt like the moonshot might be a reality. In actual fact though, the day wound up being my Apollo 8. That was the mission that first had humanity leave earth’s orbit, reach the moon, and orbit it before returning home. The astronauts of A8 could have landed… they wanted to […]