Boston loves art

Sunday, February 8

So the dude who designed the famous Obama image got arrested in Boston on Friday night for postering a few places including the railway bridge under the Boston University Bridge over the Charles.

On my run yesterday (which now is a week ago), I saw where he had put up the some posters—now how you can get arrested for postering something that is already all painted over with university names and colors for the annual boat races is beyond me. The image he postered is this one he made of Andre the Giant.

That’s apropos of nothing except maybe to demonstrate how small Boston can be—remember the so-called emergency couple of years ago when some guys put up some flashing devices to advertise a new TV show.

It was an uneventful run, and that’s a good thing. I did two loops, one from the Anderson Bridge near Harvard Sq—pictured in this photo—to the Science Museum and another slightly shorter from Western Ave Bridge to the Science Museum. It was the first mildish day for ages. In the high 30s or low 40s. I did not wear gloves and regretted that for a little while. The 18.1 miles took 2 hrs 40, so not breaking any records there. I took my camel back, with water, some Accelerade, which is a protein drink, and some Gatorade, which I did not use, and some gels blocks, which I ate some of at about half way. I carried a load of stuff, and the camera too.
The Martha’s Vineyard 20 miler is this Saturday coming. And my plan is to take this week pretty easy, and to carb deplete as follows: Friday morning, go for short hard run, and then eat carbs like a monster. Who knows if this will work; apparently some scientists in Australia said it is as effective as a more radical and longer depletion.

I feel kind of lazy, I have to admit—and I will try and write a longer blog about that. Since the beginning of January basically, I am off my schedule. This last two weeks has gone fine, and I have got my long runs in, but there’s no a real plan beyond that. And I think it is about time to work on that.