In Vino Veritas

There’s just something about running until your legs don’t work anymore. So, time changed on Sunday. I’m not talking in an existential manner or anything. The cosmos shifted, dimensions coalesced and in spots of Newark pigeons walk backward… no, nothing like that. We were thrust forward an hour, unless you reside in Arizona, Hawaii, Puerto Rico, et al. For most people who work Monday through Friday this equaled less sleep-in time. However, for over 25,000 people that congregated at Dodger…

I did something yesterday.. something pretty intense. I ran the Long Beach Marathon. Aside from the giant sea serpents, a kraken, and a few sand monsters it was a pretty tame race. Rumor has it that the first Marathon was when a Greek messenger ran from Marathon to Athens to proclaim victory over the Persians in 490 BC. He ran the entire length (guessed at approx. 25 miles), shouted that they won, did a victory dance, and then dropped dead. Fast forward 2,503 years.…