Author Archives: Al

Life Is Precious

Posted on May 3, 2022 by Al

A species’ reproductive success relies on quantity, not quality. An unknown number of fertilized eggs are lost each month with menses. Observed miscarriages may account for 20% of all pregnancies. The first year of life is the most dangerous. Prior … Continue reading →

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Russians Banned From Boston Marathon

Posted on April 10, 2022 by Al

The Boston Athletic Association has banned all Russian and Belorussian citizens from running in this year’s Boston Marathon, in response to Russia’s on-going invasion of Ukraine. Here are my thoughts: Whom do we expect to change the behavior of the … Continue reading →

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Beautiful World, Where Are You?

Posted on March 31, 2022 by Al

            Sally Rooney, in her third novel, Beautiful World, Where Are You?, follows three couples as they explore the nature of love and friendship in an atomized society. Eileen and Alice, college roommates in Dublin, are English majors whose lives rapidly diverged. … Continue reading →

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Fairness in Sport: Are Trans-Women the Same as PED Users?

Posted on March 30, 2022 by Al

The issue of trans women competing in sports is a current hot topic. A dozen states have passed laws circumscribing their participation in scholastic events. The Biden administration is set to publish Title IX regulations which prohibit discrimination against them … Continue reading →

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Cancel All Russians?

Posted on March 10, 2022 by Al

in response to a “debate” in the NYTimes about whether all Russians deserve to be persona non grata until their country ends its war against Ukraine, I wrote the following… The US Presidential election of 2016 taught us that bad … Continue reading →

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Give Me A Head With Hair – III

Posted on March 7, 2022 by Al

            I graduated for the fourth, and last, time, in 1978, from residency, and prepared to enter the Real World. We moved from LA to Utah. After a winter skiing every day in the local Wasatch mountains, I undertook a search … Continue reading →

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Give Me A Head With Hair – II

Posted on March 6, 2022 by Al

Class pictures from Kindergarten through third grade show me with very short hair, sometimes long enough to lie flat, sometimes bristly short. My father had grown up having his hair cut in his family’s ranch-house kitchen in eastern Montana during … Continue reading →

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Give Me A Head With Hair — I

Posted on March 2, 2022 by Al

March  18, 2020…For a week, it had been one “WTF?!?” moment after another. Sports leagues shut down. Colorado abruptly closed its ski areas. The French stopped eating in restaurants, even on the sidewalk. Schools closed, universities sent students home. Microsoft and … Continue reading →

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Blaming the Victims

Posted on February 22, 2022 by Al

Today’s Letter to the Editor. NY TImes columnist Thomas Friedman asserts that NATO and its eastern European allies are patly to blame for Vladimir Putin’s attitude and behavior. My response: Mr. Friedman is blaming the victims, the former eastern European … Continue reading →

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Volume As A Training Tool

Posted on February 21, 2022 by Al

Outside of the 8-12 weeks prior to an A race, I believe the life-long athlete, specifically the aspiring successful triathlete, should integrate several non race-specific activities. Variety (including trying new sports), weight-training for general strength improvement, skill drills to improve … Continue reading →

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