so it’s probably unfair for me to go anywhere furthre without reminding the sixth grade that you don’t have to blog this week – or any other week until august – otherwise, i’d probably still get three or four blogs a week from kids thinking it’s a requirement – that said, i always look favorably to an addition to the blog – aka, mega bonus:)

next, our book is on amazon – the eighth grade POV parade book from the fall – click here to order

“on the run” by marty liquori – found at the thrift store for $1.25 – a steal – liquori was a great miler in the 70s – his book was entertaining – even if it was 30 years old – it was cool to compare with – like no runner today could write 300 pages on one year in his life – it would never be published – sadly, US running isn’t that much better than it was when he was running – except that the runners are taken care of better now

“olympic gold” by shorter – auburn library ready – from 1984 – shorter has been attributed with jump starting running in the US – quite an individual feat to do – his story is really encouraging – and the fact he was running in ’84 was even more amazing to me – he didn’t just win gold in ’72, win silver in ’76 (the guy ahead of him was stoked up on steriods – which we’d come to learn in ’89) – he kept going – he even is probably the only runner ever to earn a law degree just b/c he was bored with running:)

“mapping boston” – story of 300 years of mapping a city that has changed – a ton – my favorite fact? the size of the city has grown 4x in size since it was founded – the hills were leveled and used as filler for areas – including the area i hope to finish at in a year – can you tell i’m already excited – oh, the added fun with that book was it was superheavy so i’ve got killer arm muscles from toting it around

happy finals
mafeld