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Author Archives: Bruce Pegg
Review and Response: Harvey Cox — How to Read the Bible
I decided to be proactive about getting out of my spiritual funk. In the only way that has ever worked for me in every avenue I have ever explored in my life, I decided I need to educate myself. That … Continue reading
Posted in Grains of Sand
Tagged canonization, Exodus, fundamentalism, Genesis, Gospel, Havey Cox, Jesus Christ, Job, John of Patmos, literalism, millenialism, Moses, New Testament, Old Testament, Roman Empire, St. Paul, The Bible
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Look Over Yondr, or The Price of the Ticket
About a month ago, I scored a couple of tickets for Jack White’s June 7 show at the Dome Arena in Rochester. It was a pretty unremarkable experience as online ticket sales go — log on to Ticketfly, select the … Continue reading
Posted in Thoughts from the Guv'nor
Tagged Grateful Dead, Jack White, music marketing, Red Hot Chili Peppers, Steven Wilson
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#runstreak Day 40: It’s Just a Number
Forty days. Today, I’m celebrating the continuation of my longest ever run streak.
Posted in #runstreak, The Flat-Footed Fox
Tagged #runstreak, fitness, long-distance running
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Of Faith (May Contain Some Feet)
Many of my runs take me along a mile-and-a-half stretch of Culver Road in Irondequoit, NY. About a half mile from home, they go past Transfiguration Lutheran Church then, almost another mile north, the Durand United Church of Christ and, on … Continue reading
#runstreak Day 13: The Streak Begins
Saturday’s run totally sucked. I headed out the door around 1:30 PM, hoping that the weather had warmed up just a little and that the snowplows in the Town of Irondequoit had removed at least some of the 14″ of … Continue reading
Top of the Heap: The 2017 New York City Marathon (Part Two)
I read, and listened to, a lot of advice in the build up to the big day. Most of it, especially the stuff about not going out too fast, I heeded. I took my own sweet time over the Verrazano … Continue reading
Posted in The Flat-Footed Fox, Vagabond Shoes
Tagged Brooklyn, long-distance running, Manhattan, Queens, TCS New York City Marathon, The Bronx
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Top of the Heap: The 2017 New York City Marathon (Part One)
In the end, it was everything I had hoped it would be. It was one of those days when it all went right — one of those days that will stay with me for the rest of my life. From … Continue reading
Leaving Today: 2017 New York Marathon Training, Week 15
And just like that, it’s taper week. A mere seven days remain until I join the throngs pounding the pavements of New York. Maranoia is setting in. For me, this year, that means two things: endlessly picking apart my training to … Continue reading
Spreading the News: 2017 New York Marathon Training, Week 13
The Four Stages of Marathon Training: Stage 1) I’m really doing this! Stage 2) I suppose I’d better do this. Stage 3) Do I really have to do this? Stage 4) Time to finish this.
The Very Heart of It: 2017 New York Marathon Training, Week 11
There’s one universally acknowledged rule all marathon runners adhere to: never do anything new or different on race day. During training, though, it’s good to experiment and learn from your trials and errors, especially when those experiments are conducted during … Continue reading
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