Motivated by patriotic duty and a rumor of better weather, I trekked down to our nation's capital. The four-hour Chinatown bus ride was well worth it. I walked around the national mall for about six hours, jaw dropped. Of all the cities we have visited...
Feb 24th 2011, 3:55pm
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Following a light nap, we ventured early in the morning to Mt. Greylock state park so Calvin could run the 2nd annual Moby Dick 7-mile snowshoe race. With the odds stacked against him—winds threatened to knock over the trees and I don't think Cal...
Feb 20th 2011, 2:06pm
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Today we met up with a good friend of mine from way back when, Karl. Karl is no stranger to the road himself, having driven from here to Alaska and everywhere in between over the last few years. In the time since we had last seen each other he got marr...
Feb 18th 2011, 6:21pm
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There's change in the air. Can you feel it? No, that's indigestion. The change I am talking about is the magical time of the year when nature's sweet nectar is unlocked: maple syrup. Vermont maple syrup. The good stuff. Just up the road is the Vermont ...
Feb 17th 2011, 4:46am
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“You Were. You Are. UMass.” The slogan of the alumni association seems innocent enough and down right cathcy. It evokes a picture of an army of maroon-clad students—let's say in a square, somewhere—united in a common pride in th...
Feb 15th 2011, 6:45am
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As far as I can tell, today was a day meant to separate the bandwagon track fans from the die hards. While your shirt says "Pre Lives," you yourself might have looked dead from exhaustion had you watched all of the races held over the two-day meet (the...
Feb 14th 2011, 4:29am
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Today was our first day covering the Boston University Valentine Invitational. It is a huge meet, and it is common for there to be twenty to thirty heats of one event. As soon as last place finishes and steps off the track, the starter has the next wav...
Feb 12th 2011, 7:27pm
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Today Calvin and I took the T out to Boston College and ran around Newton on the carriage path that runs parallel to the Boston Marathon course along “Heartbreak Hill.” We were told by the Boston Athletic Association that this would likely ...
Feb 10th 2011, 5:08pm
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After wrapping up shooting on the greatest Valentine's Day film ever, we headed over to MIT to watch a workout put on by the Boston Athletic Association for their marathon training group. The facility that houses the track, the HoJo Athletic Center, is...
Feb 9th 2011, 3:41pm
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This morning we accompanied our host and her friends to Annenberg Hall, which resembles a dining hall out of Harry Potter. I tend to stick out from the all-freshman class as it is, and it did not help that I came in carrying a grocery bag full of condo...
Feb 7th 2011, 1:44pm
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