Ty Law starts showing the goods

by | Sports

Former Patriots back Ty Law is finally doing workouts for teams again. He must be recovering from his broken foot sufficiently to show off the goods, so it will be interesting to see where he winds up. Given that he is represented by Kevin and Carl Poston, a couple of...

Friendly’s New England Mile (2005)

by | Race Results, Sports

The inaugeral Friendly’s New England Mile was this morning. It runs through downtown Portland on Congress Street, from the Roma to Lincoln Park at the base of Munjoy Hill. The course features a 70 foot drop, and they have been billing it as an opportunity to see...

Catching Up and On the Move

by | Sports

I am still trying to catch up on everything, especially my sleep. I seem to have been getting enough every day since my 27 hour work day, but I am still fair on tired and got the aching back thing going. We will see if running tonight will help me sleep and then feel...

Once A Runner: A Book Review

by | Books, Reviews, Sports

Once A Runner by John L Parker, Jr is probably my favorite running book and one of my favorite fiction books. I was introduced to this book my freshman year of college on our way to Williams for a meet. One of the upper classmen threw his copy of the book at me and...

Ultramarathon Man: A book review

by | Books, Reviews, Sports

Ultramarathon Man: Confessions of an All-Night Runner is a book that I picked up on a whim a few weeks ago while browsing through a bookstore. The lady and I were waiting to meet some friends down the block and it seemed like a good place to get out of the rain. I...

Back Bay 5k

by | Fitness, Race Results, Sports

The Greater Portland YMCA Back Bay 5k was Friday night. Erin and I ran down to the start as our warmup, and then hobbled our way through the race. The weather (somewhat) cooperated; for a change it was not raining. There are rumors that this afternoon the sun even...