Guest AuthorAugust 31, 2021
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Young client advocates come with a fresh perspective being at the beginning of our careers.
Tag: Boston Marathon
Guest AuthorAugust 31, 2021Guest AuthorApril 16, 2018
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If you are reading this during the morning hours, currently 20,000 (or so) runners are sitting in a high school baseball field in Hopkinton, Massachusetts about to embark on what for many will be the fulfillment of miles upon miles of dreams. With all due respect to those who will run later today, as a […]
Associated PressJuly 1, 2016
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The attorney who oversaw the distribution of donations after the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks, the Boston Marathon bombing and the BP oil spill compensation fund will now handle the fund for victims of the Pulse nightclub shootings in Orlando. Orlando Mayor Buddy Dyer said in a news release Friday that Kenneth R. Feinberg will work […]
Guest AuthorFebruary 18, 20166min287
Last year, I ran the Gasparilla Half-Marathon in Tampa for the first time. The race began perfectly. That morning was just the perfect kind of chilly at the 6 a.m. start. I stepped into the first corral, which felt right because my two previous half-marathons were sub-2. That’s annoying Runner Speak for “under two hours.” […]
Florence SnyderNovember 17, 20153min251
Death happens to the best of us, and also to the worst. We saw that again last week in Paris, and in Beirut, where hundreds of people going about the business of daily living had the bad fortune to cross paths with fanatics armed with weapons of war and hearts full of hate. The Grim […]
Guest AuthorMay 10, 20158min183
I feel bad for Mike Rossi. He’s the Boston Marathon dad with an inflated ego who wrote a sanctimonious letter to his children’s principal for not excusing their absences when he took them out of school to cheer for him. Now, after allegations that he may have cheated in his race to qualify for Boston, […]
Martin DyckmanAugust 31, 20147min219
Like many an invention, the Internet is a tool in the service of both good and evil. Nothing but television rouses or riles the public as swiftly. But the Web makes no pretense of balance. The advantage goes to those who get there first. Although truth is the antidote to falsehood, the poison usually has […]
Guest AuthorApril 26, 2014
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“You won’t ever experience anything like Boston,” the woman told me. We were waiting for our wave to be called for the marathon. Athlete’s Village in Hopkinton held 9,000 runners. Most seemed to be lined up in front of the port-o-potties with me. “This your first time?” I asked. “I’ve run Boston before,” she said. […]
Guest AuthorApril 3, 20147min159
There are many articles about how to train for a 26.2-mile run. They’re as compelling as the bread aisle at Target. I’m still not the runner who thinks anyone really wants to read a thousand words on glycogen levels and tempo runs. Several columns strongly suggest a person run one year, minimum, before attempting the […]
Guest AuthorFebruary 16, 20148min150
After five months of hard-core training, I hated to admit I wasn’t running fast enough to qualify for the Boston Marathon. I maintained a nine-minute mile for shorter distances, but drifted into 10-minute miles for longer runs. In my age group, I’d have to run a seven-minute mile for a full qualifying marathon before the […]