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Luckily, Tim has not done this – or had it done to him. Long ago – 1981 – when I was working my last year in the Caribbean, half my teaching schedule was “gym”. Pretty neat living in Cayman and wearing gym togs to work! Anyway, on “Field Day” toward the end of the school…

Two more yesterday, in a big meet in Somers, NY. Easily a couple of thousand people from dozens and dozens of schools. Tim raised his shot put best from 33 feet to 34 feet 5 inches. If you look at the video, you may just see that as he turns away from me (the camera!),…

As in personal best, or personal record. It’s been a good seven days. Last week he hit a new best on the bench press at 250, then did a PB with the 12 lb shot put of 32’11” at a meet in Beacon, NY. And the next day squatted 335 lbs – another PB. On…

Here it is – co-written with Judy Anderson. And with a picture from our recent live streamed forum, which you can also reach through the link. Community view: Clinic law aims to restrict speech

Good feature in the NY Times. Not a quick read, but well worth the time. For more than a decade, neuroscientists and physiologists have been gathering evidence of the beneficial relationship between exercise and brainpower. But the newest findings make it clear that this isn’t just a relationship; it is the relationship. Using sophisticated technologies…

Ahhh, my college roommates granddaughter, who was born four months premature. You can read a bit about that here, A new – and tiny – baby or here Baby Emma goes home!, or simply type Emma in the search box to the right. Go here to see how she’s doing (GREAT!) at one and a…

UPDATE: We've now bought a 12lb. shot put and a discus. Being mailed. Postage charge for the shot put – only $7.95! Yesterday at the Ossining Relays. In the throwing events when it's a relay meet, you add the two best throws from two different teammates. Unfortunately Tim was the only Stepinac boy throwing the…

Not something I’ll ever do, but kind of fun to read about how to do it! As a note, I still have 20 miles to go, to finish the AT in NY state. Which is pathetic since it’s only about 81 total miles and I’ve been working at it for five years! By the end…

At the Mt. Vernon Development Meet (freshman and sophomores only) and against big schools, including Mt. Vernon, New Rochelle, Port Chester, and Iona. Tim’s second throw (they each get three) was 103 feet 6 inches. They were using a lighter discus then he has been using, since it was an all-freshman event. The second place…