chelsea park was a ghost town this morning – not that the elem school is rockin’ when i go by running – but, sigh:( no buses out back today

by the way, sorry for this being late on sunday – it’s not like i have a good excuse like i’m at the beach or the lake – just reading – trying to finish a good baseball book

“bunker hill” – oh, where has this book been all my life??? 🙂 the cool thing about reading is that you can think you’ve read everything good and then lo and behold! you discover there’s a gem you overlooked – in this case, in 2013, this book came out – i should’ve read it heading to boston in 2014 – but i didn’t know about it – thankfully, i had it as “preparation” for 2016 – just great for Rev War reminders – boston trivia – by the way, bunker hill wasn’t fought at bunker hill – it was breed’s hill…

“my year of running dangerously” – great book – guy went from three miles to 50 mile races in a year – he’s a reporter for cnn – great book on the power of family – and what running looked like in this state in the 1980s (hint: it was pretty – and it had hills)

“the grind” – what’s it like to compete at the major league level? less glam than people think – this book was a DC reporter’s account – from multiple perspectives – players, wives, travel agents, gm, scouts – great for middle school

“marathon” by DeMar – again, where has it been all my life? published in 1937 – i read a reprint – really, still as fresh and current as back then – because it was the story of a SEVEN time boston champion – and didn’t have the odd training stuff that some running books have – demar taught sunday school as well – he kept boy scouts – he was a teacher later in life – all that was neat

hope summer gets off to a good start

mafeld

pet peeve of awards day – i could make a list – but most improved award is one of them…

“comeback” – by the pastor at passion city in atlanta – you may have watched his videos in youth group – great new book – an encouraging read – nothing very new to learn for me, but lots of good reminders – which is that regardless of whether one occurs or not, there’s a longing in the soul to make a comeback – but there are certain battles we need help with

“fenway at 100 years” – this book even came with a dvd – i want to say 1912 is the birth – i think that’s right – anyway, great book with a history of boston’s ballpark – got me ready to start thinking about the marathon – which, at mile 25, one of the better sights is seeing fenway to the right – i’m a sucker for baseball history books anyway

remember, we must all continue to blog or else victoria will shame us

mafeld

special thanks to all the second graders that wished me a happy mother’s day today – i’m so happy to be celebrating my first…

“drama high” – great book – story of a pennsylvania town that has given its heart to high school theater – and an educator that stayed for 40 years and built an empire – there were a couple of things the director says before opening night – and before closing – that i’d love to copy and say to my eighth grade – we tried an icebreaker in second period from the book – it could turn into a good lit activity – while the rest of the nation does basically the same conservative play that was done 10 years ago, levittown pushed the envelope – again and again – you can’t do that without a teacher that cares – and without people that can trust – so it was pretty special to read about

remember sixth grade – you must blog five times a day from now until the end of the school year – or else you’ll repeat GT next year – and i’ve seen those kids – some of them are HUGE!!!

mafeld

just going to be an amazing concert this sunday, good people – i hear little Bri’s going to have a jazz band/hand tribute to the work of loki…

“common thread” and “25 years: Peachtree road race” – both books about the atlanta race that i’ll be running july 4 – it’s fun to me to read about places i’ll go – i can remember things when i run – they look more familiar – if nothing else, it just makes me appreciate that people have gone before me – and hopefully, there will be 59,000 people behind me that day:)

“wild pitches” – espn writer – his best of columns – enjoyable – made me realize how much baseball i missed a few years ago – i enjoyed the statistical oddities – like the brewers guy that “stole” first – when the rangers beat the o’s 30-3

“4:09:43” – book written right after boston 2013 – stories of the runners – so getting me fired up about running next year – just a very sad book in the sense that no one can ever look back on that day and just remember running a great race – there was so much ruined

happy last week

maf