by Matthew Friedman | Jul 31, 2023 | Training
The rain started on Culver Road about five miles into the ride. I don’t like riding in the rain – I don’t like getting wet, and the lack of visibility and the slick pavement makes me a little twitchy every time a car hisses by. It started with big drops, spaced at...
by Matthew Friedman | Jul 13, 2023 | Training
I’m dying here! Okay. I’m being melodramatic. I’m not dying, and never was, despite the fact that it sometimes felt like I was over the last few days. I caught COVID on a visit to Philadelphia last week, almost certainly when I took my mask off to eat indoors in a...
by Matthew Friedman | Jun 26, 2023 | Training
I ran today. The weather in central New Jersey has been, to coin a phrase, unreliable. There was a high chance of thunderstorms all morning – which, it turns out, held off until early afternoon – and I didn’t want to get caught in a downpour as I battled traffic on a...
