Treating myself to mental health care

Posted on November 30, 2017 | 7 min read time

Anyone who reads this blog or follows me on Twitter is likely to be aware I suffer from depression. I get that kind of depression that’s more aptly described as “suicidal depression” than simply just depression. To say it’s a real buzzkill would be an understatement. But in addition to depression, I also have anxiety and ADHD. It’s a real fun trifecta, let me tell you. Not only do they each have their own symptoms, but together they make for a really fun feedback loop. [Read More]

New blog!

Posted on November 27, 2017 | 5 min read time

Welcome to my new blog! Well, it’s not completely new, but it looks different! That counts for something, right? Let’s start off with the url. I’m making the move to www.amelia.run, it’s short and obviously a .run domain is where it’s at. As for www.entirelyamelia.com, that url is now aliased to amelia.run, so both urls work completely interchangeably. No links to old blog posts will be broken and you can still get here by going to www. [Read More]

iPhone X initial impressions

Posted on November 4, 2017 | 7 min read time

After about 24 hours with the iPhone X, I wanted to write up some of my initial impressions of the phone. It’s the biggest change to the iPhone ever and I’m sure there are a ton of people who have a lot of questions. For reference, I’m coming from an iPhone 7 Plus which, while unwieldy, had become something I’d gotten used to using. First, after just powering on the phone, it feels really nice in your hand, almost like you’re just holding a screen. [Read More]

2017 Chicago Marathon - 3:32:28

Posted on October 13, 2017 | 10 min read time

Chicago Marathon number three and my twelfth marathon overall! Let me just say off the bat, I have weird mixed feelings about this race. It’s hard to complain about a 3:32 finish and a BQ, but I’m not exactly thrilled with how I got there. But before I get into the race itself… Pre-race Danielle and I got to Chicago in the early afternoon on Thursday and, for the most part, I didn’t want to spend too much time on my feet, but Thursday and Friday ended up being bit more walking around than planned. [Read More]

A quick pre-Chicago Marathon training update

Posted on October 8, 2017 | 3 min read time

Since it’s sort of the last minute here and I’m planning to go to bed in an hour, I’m going to keep this short…at least for my standards. But I did want to throw up a quick little pre-race post regarding training. Going into my third Chicago Marathon and twelfth marathon total tomorrow, I can’t remember the last time I felt this out of running shape. It’s hard to describe, but I just feel slow and untrained. [Read More]

2017 Newport Liberty Half Marathon - 1:48:45

Posted on October 2, 2017 | 5 min read time

This post probably should have gone up two weeks ago, rather than today, but I’ve fallen a bit behind. I love the Newport Liberty Half Marathon. Not really because it’s a particularly amazing race, in fact, large chunks of the the course are on roads and paths that aren’t in the best of conditions. But the race is in my home of Jersey City and parts of the course are along my daily running routes in Liberty State Park and the Jersey City Waterfront. [Read More]

Europe 2017 - Reykjavík

Posted on September 6, 2017 | 14 min read time

And now, finally, the last stop on my trip, Reykjavik. This was my first time in Iceland and it seems like it’s been all the rage in the last few years for people I know, so I was pretty jazzed for it. The basics My flight from Berlin didn’t land until nearly midnight on a Thursday night so it had been a long day, but the trip from the airport to Reykjavik itself takes another 45ish minutes so it wasn’t over yet. [Read More]