Dry Martini: Sweet September
Some running lessons I can’t seem to learn. Like, you’d think I’d know by now that the hardest part is just getting out of the door. Or that mid-run math is always wrong. Or that 99% of people don’t [...]
Dry Martini: For Now
We’re over halfway through 2023 and I’m gonna go ahead and call it: this is my year of reevaluation. Maybe this phase is a result of my crone years rapidly approaching. Or chalk it up to my last kid [...]
The Secret and Seneca 7
“The secret to a long life is knowing when it’s time to go,” Michelle Shocked sang about a million years ago (or, maybe, it was the 1990s). I’d link to a video of her singing it [...]
Dry Martini: Farewell to the Indoor Track
The problem with spring is that it isn’t distributed evenly. On the equinox in the southern U.S., it’s already edging toward summer. In most of Canada, it’s still very much winter. Los Angeles remains 70 and sunny — although [...]
Dry Martini: Updating My Running Operating System
One of the (many) advantages to being a late onset runner — I didn’t even think about a couch-to-5K until I was in my 40s — is that I don’t get too hung up on my pace. Or so I [...]