Sorry for the long delay in posts. I have been in summer mode. I have several posts queued up in my mind. I just have to get around to writing them. Now that it is August, I will get back to regular posting soon. I apologize to loyal blog followers; summertime is great and I love every minute of it. However, the lack of routine can be somewhat unsettling for me, and as a result, my laptop time is limited and/or distracted. Aside from running around in circles again, it has been a busy but at the same time restful summer.
We'll start this month with the great news, sent by our loyal friend Marty McGowan, about the renaming of 228th Street in NYC as Ted Corbitt Way. For those who never knew about Ted Corbitt, he was a true pioneer in our sport -- and an incredible and prolific ultramarathon runner. Go to his official Web site for tons of details. Among his many, many contributions to our sport, we can all thank Ted for pushing for the accurate measurement of courses. This is taken for granted now, but back in his heyday it was an often ignored aspect of the sport. Corbitt was a great and gentle man, who died seven years ago after a long and honorable life in the sport.
The street that will bear his name is in the Marble Hill section of NYC. Now, being an inveterate map reader and fan of borders on the maps, Marble Hill is an area of the city fraught with confusion. It is part of the Bronx. But it is really part of Manhattan. But it is part of the Bronx. Even though it is considered part of Manhattan. Very, very confusing. If you ask me, Marble Hill is in the Bronx. Now, it will forever be known as the home to Ted Corbitt Way. Nicely done.
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I live in Marble Hill. When I want to sound tough, I say I live in the Bronx. When I want to sound like I am affluent enough to live in "the city", I say I live in Manhattan.
When you tell people where you live, no one believes you actually live in Manhattan. Most the residents here don't realize they live in Manhattan, either.
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