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Author Archives: Bruce Pegg
Back to Back to Back to Burlington
My second race of the year. Unbelievably, like the first, it was featured in Runner’s World for its extreme conditions. The craziness of my 2016 running season continued unabated in the sweltering heat of my third Vermont City Marathon. I … Continue reading
Leicester City and Me
My mojo-less winter turned into an equally uninspired spring. Then, as is so often the case, life got in the way. In the end, I had to change plans to run two different marathons and opted to go back to Burlington … Continue reading
Something Happened
When the day of Pentecost had come, they were all together in one place. And suddenly from heaven there came a sound like the rush of a violent wind, and it filled the entire house where they were sitting. Divided … Continue reading
CD Review: DIAMOND HEAD – Diamond Head (Dissonance Records, 2016)
Diamond Head’s first album of new material in almost ten years has been greeted with nearly unanimous favorable reviews, and it’s not hard to hear why. New lead vocalist Rasmus Bom Anderson has breathed new life into the band, banishing the … Continue reading
A Cruel Race for April Fools: The 2016 Syracuse Half Marathon
Remember when your parents gave you that speech about how hard they had it as kids? How they had to walk five miles to school and back every day. In a blinding snowstorm with snow drifts up to their eyeballs. … Continue reading
Posted in The Flat-Footed Fox
Tagged 2016 Syracuse Half Marathon, Lake-effect snow, Runner's World
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The Story of (the Other) Bruce and the Spider
I would have been about seven or eight when I first heard the story of Robert the Bruce and the spider. I remember I was at Whitehall Primary School at the time and that I was very upset and frustrated … Continue reading
You Always Have The Poor With You
Six days before the Passover Jesus came to Bethany, the home of Lazarus, whom he had raised from the dead. There they gave a dinner for him. Martha served, and Lazarus was one of those at the table with him. … Continue reading
Posted in Grains of Sand, Sermons
Tagged anointing, Bethany, Christianity, false dilemma, Gospels, Jesus, John 12:1-8, Lazarus, zero-sum game
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Review: Iron Maiden (Molson Amphitheater, Toronto ON. July 3, 2010) (From the Archives)
To celebrate the opening of Iron Maiden’s 2016 Book of Souls tour, here’s a flashback to 2010 and The Guv’nor’s review of their appearance at the Molson Amphitheater, Toronto, on The Final Frontier tour.
Missing the Mojo
Most runners permanently, and prominently, display their race medals. And who can blame them? No matter what your distance, it takes a lot of effort to run a race, still more to train for one. So displaying medals or race … Continue reading
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