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Jogging achievement unlocked
I ran 10 miles today, he said nonchalantly.
And, in both of those phrases, I do not know what is happening.
I also swam 3,000 yards. So I’m tired, sure. But it feels great, too. That’s all unexpected, but then I took a rest day, no exercise, earlier this week and at one point I didn’t think one day would do the trick, but by the end of the evening I was ready to get back to it. I wonder how long I can keep all this up. Not long enough.
I found this on campus during my run today:
was founded on April 1, 1949 by Charles E. Miller and is now into its third generation of family ownership. Originally employing three men, it now operates with 55 highly skilled workers. Present facilities include offices, two manufacturing plants and a machine shop consisting of 78,000 square feet.
They’re still in wire, and they’ve been working in polyurethane since the 1980s. I believe that campus building was built in the late 1960s, but I couldn’t say when the door went in.
Miller is far too common a name to ask Google to scare up anything definitive.
Here’s something to know for sure: I want to be this guy when I grow up. Peaking at ninety:
Richard Dreselly first hiked to the top of Mt. Washington in New Hampshire in 1941. He has since hiked the 6288 foot summit seventeen times. Now at 90, he climbed for what he says will be his last time. Globe photographer John Tlumacki captured his three day arduous journey amid the stunning mountain views.
Here’s the full story that goes with that photo gallery.
And a podcast with my old friend Chadd. He’s talking about what it takes to be an athletic director in college sports.
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Things I’ve found and things I’d forgotten I’d found
Today I was eating one of those fruit bowls, the sort you get pre-cut and ready to eat from the produce section. Munching away in the office and I come across this:
That’s one big grape.
Things I’ve also come across recently include the announcement that Esquire has gone completist with their Classic site. Eight decades of content are now online. Here’s some heart-rending media, the boyfriend of murdered TV reporter makes emotional return to anchor chair. Here’s something I wrote earlier this week. It is a review of a documentary. It was not good.
And a podcastI recorded with the editor of The Anniston Star:
