By gcattarin on 7/18/2010 6:23 PM

It’s a bevy of scattered topics this week, a plethora, a myriad even.  Nothing big, so plenty of small.  Well, that’s a lie of sorts, one is quite big, but hard to relate.

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By gcattarin on 7/10/2010 11:14 PM

What I’m not doing tonight is bunking down early in preparation for the starting gun of tomorrow morning’s Boilermaker.  Thirty six bucks of registration funds down the tubes.  Ah well, I’ve sustained worse, and think of the money I didn’t spend on the trip.  More important is what I am doing, which is feeling a glimmer of hope.

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By gcattarin on 7/5/2010 11:35 PM

I could be forgiven for thinking that old age advanced a few steps toward my doorstep in the past few weeks.  But a pleasant surprise hit me the other day which reminded me how my running habit is smacking at Father Time with a fly swatter.  Father Time will win in the end, but I’ve given him a few bruises to make him drop back ten and punt for the moment.

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By gcattarin on 6/18/2010 10:42 PM

Really, it’s only a thinly disguised donation to support my local running club, as if what I already do for the club isn’t enough support.  Somehow, though, it’s exciting.  It’s like and initial public offer of a sort – not that kind of IPO, but an IPO just the same.  This is it, it’s the Big Time.  Sort of.

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By gcattarin on 6/15/2010 11:36 PM

My excuse could be simply, no runny, no writey, since I haven’t run much lately, nor have I written in weeks.  Reality is a bit more complicated.  It’s been more like the perfect storm of events, conspiring to keep me from my literary therapy.

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By gcattarin on 5/28/2010 11:14 PM

A few days ago I was ensconced in a hotel room in a city I was told is not a friendly place to run.  Matters not, I was – and am still – on injured reserve, taking a few days more to try to heal a nagging Achilles, now coupled with a strained hamstring as well, so said urban imprisonment is of minor concern.  But even without running at the moment, this running habit of mine is generating positive results.

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By gcattarin on 5/8/2010 5:35 PM

How great is it when different parts of your life collide in good ways and build on each other synergistically?  Now and then the fickle finger of fate points in the right direction, and it can be very cool, as it was last week.  As a result I’m going to try an experiment I’ve wanted to do for some time.

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By gcattarin on 5/4/2010 11:33 PM

What kind of a wacko goes out and races six days after the Boston Marathon?  Apparently quite a few kinds, since a bunch of us lined up for a little post-Boston reunion on the starting line of the Groton Road Race 10K a week ago, a mere six days after punishing ourselves through the Newton hills and down Beacon Street.

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By gcattarin on 4/30/2010 11:23 PM

We now return to our Boston 2010 program already in progress…  The tale of the race itself can be found here.  Part 1 of the random stories of the day can be found here.  And now, the second half of those stories.  Enjoy.&a Read More »

By gcattarin on 4/26/2010 10:02 PM

If you tried to package up everything that happens on Marathon Monday, you’d end up with something that UPS probably won’t ship in one piece.  So now that I’ve dispensed with the excitement of the race itself in last week’s posting, let’s move on to some of the more interesting tidbits to emerge from that intimate little gathering in Hopkinton.  Here’s Part 1 of two entries to this post.

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