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Author Archives: Bruce Pegg
These Little Town Blues: 2017 New York Marathon Training, Week 9
46 days to go. The intensity of the training is ramping up. Two 16-mile long runs are already behind me, and my tune-up half marathon is in the books. I am still healthy and, for the most part, running fast … Continue reading
I Wanna Be a Part of It: 2017 New York Marathon Training, Week 5
Hard to believe, but it’s now less than 80 days until the 2017 New York City Marathon. I’m back on the Hanson’s Training Method once again (with a few alterations, which I’ll explain below). It’s still early yet, of course, but … Continue reading
Vagabond Shoes: The 2017 New York City Marathon Training Blog and ER&D Fundraiser
C’mon. You know the words. Sing along with me. Betcha end up sounding like Ol’ Blue Eyes by the end … Start spreading the news, I’m leaving today. I want to be a part of it, New York, New York. … Continue reading
Not With My Body, But With My Head and Heart: Boilermaker 2017
I’ve documented my love affair with the Utica Boilermaker extensively in these pages. I’ve written about my 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, and 2014 runs in various posts, devoted entire posts to my participation in 2015, and 2016‘s races, and even written the locally viral 15(K) Reasons to … Continue reading
Review: Iron Maiden (Budweiser Stage, Toronto ON. July 15, 2017)
It wasn’t until the third song of Iron Maiden’s set on Saturday night that it finally dawned on me what I had taken for granted for so long about this band. It started the moment I zeroed in on Steve Harris … Continue reading
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Tagged Book of Souls, Bruce Dickinson, Ghost BC, Iron Maiden, Papa Emeritus III, Steve Harris
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Review: Caravan Palace (Rochester International Jazz Festival, June 31, 2017)
I am such a bad progger. I mean, here I was, just two blocks away from the Eastman Theater, where King Crimson was playing, and I was on Jazz Street watching the free entertainment, eating poutine and drinking beer. OK. … Continue reading
Life Gets in the Way (Part Two): The 2017 Flower City Half Marathon
Nine marathons. Nine half marathons. Eight Boilermakers. You might say I’m an experienced runner, but I would say I don’t feel like it most of the time. You might say I’ve seen a lot, but I would say that I … Continue reading
Life Gets in the Way (Part One)
If April, as the great poet T. S. Eliot maintained, is the cruelest month, then March, for me, was its polar opposite–blessed, munificent, generous to a fault. But as that other great poet, Bruce Springsteen, has observed, “you can’t walk … Continue reading
Review: Tool (Blue Cross Arena, Rochester NY. May 30, 2017)
Cutting-edge lighting? Check. Laser array? You bet. State of the art animation? Of course. And overzealous security guards? Oh, go on if you must.
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Tagged Adam Jones, Danny Carey, golem, Justin Chancellor, Maynard James Keenan
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The Obligatory Top Ten List to Celebrate My 100th Post
I’ve been blogging for over a decade now. My first attempt, which included the initial incarnation of the Brief Biography of God, appeared on my MySpace page around 2007. I immediately fell in love with the medium — it was … Continue reading
Posted in A Brief Biography of God, Grains of Sand, Semper Currens, The Flat-Footed Fox, Thoughts from the Guv'nor
Tagged 2016 Syracuse Half Marathon, blogging, Chuck, Chuck Berry, City Boy Records, concert reviews, De Montfort Hall, Ghost BC, Glenn Williams, long-distance running, Marine Corps Marathon, Rehoboth Beach, Roll Over Beethoven, Sensational Alex Harvey Band, sermon, Tim McFarlin, Utica Boilermaker
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