How do you spell motivation? M-E-B! How about Meb Keflezighi's performance in today's New York City Marathon? Just 1st place, just a dagger in the heart of Kenya Nation, just the first American to win the race since 1982. And he was wearing the...

I took 11 rest days in October. Sue me. You can call me Mr. October. On the 11th day of the 10th month of the 9th year of running, I finally ran a Boston-Qualifying time. I'd say that's enough excitement for one month. The rest of the month was...

Codorniz el Oklahoma Barbeque, Atun en Mole Negro, Arroz Negro a la Tumbada, Cochinita Pabil, Camote Dos Estilos, Tostadas de Atun y Erizo, Mollejas de Ternana, Mole Verde, Cachetes de halibut con Flores de Calabaza, Mole de Olla, Mesquite, Peras,...

It has been a few weeks since the marathon, and I have spent my time scooping sugar cookie dough out of a No. 2 tub's worth of the stuff, which VO2Max and I mixed some time ago. You scoop it out with a tablespoon and put it on a Sil-Pat-lined cookie...

It is hard to describe the understated luxury of L2O, Laurent Gras's seafood-centric Lincoln Park temple -- should I say aquarium -- waiting like a parallel universe behind a non-descript door in the Belden Stratford building. Leather chairs,...