17.5 miles. Yes, you read that correctly. 17.5 miles. A great 17.5 mile run!!!
The long run was CRUSHED!
The long run was DESTROYED!
The long run was CONQUERED!
The man Is MARATHON READY! OH YEAH!
No, not me. I covered the distance, yes, but I didn’t run that far. It wasn’t me. It was Alex!
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This is one of my favorite stories of all time. The story is originally found in Harpo Marx’s autobiography Harpo Speaks.
Here is the background of this classic story:
As the Marx Brothers were growing up in New York City, they, of course, looked for ways to make a few dollars. They each had a variety of odd jobs. For a while, Chico Marx found employment playing the piano at beer gardens, nickelodeons, and the like. Chico was a pretty good piano player by this time.
Continue reading “You Fired Who… AND WHO?”I used my award-winning wonderful book, The Least Among Them, (and a few other players) to help me solve this Immaculate Grid.
“Are you alright Mr. President?”
“I’ll be fine, Mr. President.”
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August 7, 2025
Running has been a bit of a struggle for me this summer. My longest run was seven miles. I most frequently run only three to four miles. A five-mile run (which I did this morning) is a long run for me these days.
My last big race, the Walt Disney World Marathon, (in January of this year) came as the last leg of the Dopey Challenge, a series of four races, each a bit longer than the one previous, over four days. (A 5k, followed by a 10k, followed by a half-marathon, followed by the full marathon – 48.6 miles in total.)
That marathon, the 27th of my “career,” was the last marathon I’ll ever run.
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