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It's official: Staying home is hazardous to your health. Toxins found in the home injured 789,000 Americans between 1992 and 1995, and new research suggests that this figure is underestimated.
"Toxins in U.S. homes now account for 90 percent of all reported poisonings each year," says Rose Ann Soloway, administrator of the American Association of Poison Control Centers. That's an epidemic of hazardous living by any standard. And while these figures include everything from non-fatal aspirin overdoses to the deadly consumption of drain cleaners, they fail to include long-term exposure to toxins like lead and asbestos.
To address the climbing domestic injury rates associated with household toxins, Congress and the Centers for Disease Control (CDC) in 1992 created the Unintentional Injury Center to focus on the health dangers of consumer goods and modern home living. Other federal agencies are following suit. The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) now has branches which deal with home indoor air quality, lead exposure and ubiquitous low-level toxicity, and the Department of Housing and Urban Development publishes a pollution look-out list for first-time homebuyers.
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* Radon is the second-leading cause of lung cancer in the U.S., warns the Surgeon General. Radon is a natural radioactive gas which can seep into homes through cracks in the basement, the surrounding foundation, and in well water. It enters the body quietly through the airway;
* Lead keeps epidemiologists returning to the drawing board, says Soloway, "mostly because we know more now about the adverse effects of low-level exposure." Levels once thought to be acceptable are now known contributors to learning disabilities and behavioral problems. Lead is found in paint in older houses, old plumbing, and soil near highways and busy roads. It causes neurological and kidney damage, high blood pressure, disrupted blood cell production, and reproductive problems;
* Carbon monoxide will kill an estimated 660 Americans this year. Don't look for exhaust fumes in the attached garage; the biggest culprit is the unserviced furnace burning propane, natural gas, butane or oil
* Carbon monoxide will kill an estimated 660 Americans this year. Don't look for exhaust fumes in the attached garage; the biggest culprit is the unserviced furnace burning propane, butane or oil;
* Arsenic is still laced in many household pesticides and is increasingly used as a wood preservative. Low levels of inorganic arsenic "may increase lung cancer risk," according to the CDC. The Department of Health and Human Services agrees, adding arsenic compounds to the list of known carcinogens;
* Vinyl chloride is the source of "new car smell": The plastic interior of a new car offgasses this known carcinogen. Water sitting in PVC pipes overnight may be steeping into a toxic tea. Very large exposures can lead to "vinyl chloride disease," which causes severe liver damage and ballooning of the fingertips;
* Hydrofluoric acid "can cause intense pain and damage to tissues and bone if the recommended gloves happen to have holes in them," says Soloway. This highly corrosive substance is the active ingredient in many household rust removers;
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* Solvents: Benzene and methyl ethyl ketone traverse cell walls unchecked by normal cell defenses. Both are known carcinogens. Cousins toluene, xylene, 1,1,1-trichloroethane (TCA) and trichloroethylene (TCE) make up the lion's share of the solvent market;
* Disinfectants: Phenols, which include biphenyl, phenolics and the preservative pentachloraphenol, are found in disinfectants, antiseptics, perfumes, mouthwashes, glues and air fresheners;
* Pesticides: Chlordane, aldrin, dieldrin, though all banned for nearly two decades, continue to show up airborne in older houses.
Don't be a statistical figure on the CDC's tracking list: Be aware of what substances, from pesticides to cleaners, pose real threats in your household. Maintain ingredient awareness. Many poisonings still occur because of product combinations, like the ammonia-chlorine bleach reaction, which produces the deadly respiratory irritant chloramine (a problem labeling practices have not addressed). Replace toxic agents with non-toxic alternatives. Above all, educate your household to reduce risk and exposure.
For practical ideas on reducing risk, consult the following books: Living Healthy in a Toxic World by David Steinman and R. Michael Wisner (Berkley, 1996); Toxins A-Z: A Guide to Everyday Pollution Hazards by John Harte, Cheryl Holdren, Richard Schneider, and Christine Shirley (University of California, 1991); Home Safe Home: Protecting Yourself and Your Family from Everyday Toxins and Harmful Household Products by Debra L. Dadd (Putnam, 1997).
For more information, contact the Unintentional Injury Center, (770)488-4652.
(Claude Morgan is a freelance writer based in Maine who contributes to E, the Environmental Magazine.)
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A big batch of cookies coming out of the oven. Your gym bag full of dirty clothes. How do you smell these smells and thousands more? It's your nose, of course.
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The nose has two holes called nostrils. The nostrils and the nasal passages are separated by a wall called the septum (say: SEP-tum). Deep inside your nose, close to your skull, your septum is made of very thin pieces of bone.
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Behind your nose, in the middle of your face, is a space called the nasal cavity. It connects with the back of the throat. The nasal cavity is separated from the inside of your mouth by the palate (roof of your mouth).
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When you inhale air through your nostrils, the air enters the nasal passages and travels into your nasal cavity. The air then passes down the back of your throat into the trachea (say: TRAY-kee-uh), or windpipe, on its way to the lungs.
Your nose is also a two-way street. When you exhale the old air from your lungs, the nose is the main way for the air to leave your body. But your nose is more than a passageway for air. The nose also warms, moistens, and filters the air before it goes to the lungs.
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The inside of your nose is lined with a moist, thin layer of tissue called a mucous membrane (say: MYOO-kus MEM-brayne). This membrane warms up the air and moistens it. The mucous membrane makes mucus, that sticky stuff in your nose you might call snot. Mucus captures dust, germs, and other small particles that could irritate your lungs. If you look inside your nose, you will also see hairs that can trap large particles, like dirt or pollen.
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Further back in your nose are even smaller hairs called cilia (say: SILL-ee-uh) that you can see only with a microscope. The cilia move back and forth to move the mucus out of the sinuses and back of the nose. Cilia can also be found lining the air passages, where they help move mucus out of the lungs.
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The nose allows you to make scents of what's going on in the world around you. Just as your eyes give you information by seeing and your ears help you out by hearing, the nose lets you figure out what's happening by smelling. It does this with help from many parts hidden deep inside your nasal cavity and head.
Up on the roof of the nasal cavity (the space behind your nose) is the olfactory epithelium (say: ol-FAK-tuh-ree eh-puh-THEE-lee-um). Olfactory is a fancy word that has to do with smelling. The olfactory epithelium contains special receptors that are sensitive to odor molecules that travel through the air.
These receptors are very small — there are about 10 million of them in your nose! There are hundreds of different odor receptors, each with the ability to sense certain odor molecules. Research has shown that an odor can stimulate several different kinds of receptors. The brain interprets the combination of receptors to recognize any one of about 10,000 different smells.
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When the smell receptors are stimulated, signals travel along the olfactory nerve to the olfactory bulb. The olfactory bulb is underneath the front of your brain just above the nasal cavity. Signals are sent from the olfactory bulb to other parts of the brain to be interpreted as a smell you may recognize, like apple pie fresh from the oven. Yum!
Identifying smells is your brain's way of telling you about your environment. Have you ever smelled your toast burning? In an instant, your brain interpreted the smell and a problem and you knew to check on your toast.
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Take a bite of food and think about how it tastes. Then pinch your nose and take another bite. Notice the difference? It's just another reason to appreciate your knockout of a nose!
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This is the front-passenger side floor of Dr. Grumpy's car after this weekend on call:
Any questions?
A Blog detailing the insanity of my medical practice and the stupidity of everyday life.
Nice fuzzy seat covers
Is that the green tea-soda stuff? Yuck.
This could be an advertisement for diet coke though..."9 out of 10 grumpy neurologists agree.."
It's not soda. Just bottled green tea from Costco.
All that caffeine and I'm betting it wasn't enough.
Looks like plenty of vitamin C - Coke, Coffee, and Candy
Gee, I admire your bladder capacity!
My son is trying to save up enough money to buy the Lego Death Star. If you would like to drive your car here and pay my son $5.00 to clean that for you, he'd be more than willing. ;)
No, Grumpy, that's MY car! ;) DH is always after me for using my car as a moving garbage can.
My question is only this: Where did you ever find those snazzy seat covers?!
I got them at a charity store 8 years ago. It keeps the kids from writing on the seats.
Very artisanal...
You need more chocolate and maybe some chips too to balance out the sugar.
Friend, it's time you admit your addiction.
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Empty rubbish bag put in first ?
At 5 cents deposit, you have a tank of gas there.
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My first thought was: Mmmmmm, diet coke.
You really need a cloth bag to hang on the passenger seat to corral your trash and returnables. I'd make you one, but I might label it "artisanal" just to mess with you. 8D
What I love is how your children are way older than the carseat age and I see a carseat-strap-securing-thingy down there. (like my technical lingo?)
I'm on call 16 days a month. My car garbage is proportional.
Crowned with Victory: Thank you. I actually had no idea what that is.
It's been there for about 5 years. Since it looked somewhat important I've just left it there.
you are throwing away the blue travel mug too?
No, it and the silver one are in the dishwasher now.
Actually, I'm highly impressed with your tidy nature since I'm willing to bet your "before" pic was actually taken "after". Considering it takes me 30-45 minutes just to decontaminate my husband's car when I want to borrow it (he can obtain your "after" photo in about 10 minutes!), I'm wondering... do you teach a class in that? ;)
A little tip from one who lives on the road, so to speak..
Get yourself a plastic bin to toss all the bottles in. Will cost you maybe 5$ at walmart.
Saves you having to get a bag or carry them like a dofus to the recycling stations and instead just lift it out like a boss.
And you'll avoid any leftover spilling your interior as a bonus.
ya got any Reeses left? thats my favorite!
I'd say you've got the basic food groups covered there.
--Queen Anne's Lace
At least you can find your car seat seat-belt clip...
but what do you eat, doc? i see the drinks, but i'm shocked at your oversight... where are the mcd's and bk bags?
I eat caffeine.
That and the cookies I grab in the doctor's lounge don't have wrappers.
I assumed you cleaned up the crack pipe before you took the pic?
Do you round from inside the car? I'm looking for a sleeping bag and toothbrush. It looks like a bunch of boy scouts lived in there for the weekend.
Where are the empty Jack bottles?
A man after my own heart...I love anything with peanut butter in it, pretty much, especially if it also has chocolate! (But I have to drink my Diet Coke w/o the caffeine jolt.)
How do you get rid of the ants afterwards so that Craig, Frank & Marie don't get bitten by ant bites in the car?
The passenger side of your car looks like the floor of the back seat in my car.
The back seat holds more... and I don't have to clean it out if I'm driving with just my wife in the car.
glad to know our car is not the only one that looks like this after a busy weekend.
I used to have an addiction to Diet Mountain Dew. Take it from me...switched to Monster energy drinks...more caffine per unit volume...and hence less time spent in the potty!
looks like the trash can in my study area. i have the floor essentially coated with 24 oz diet dew bottles and atleast a dozen coffee cups because I forget to bring it upstairs to get more. 7 days and 5 exams of hell week left.
I'm a professional musician, and when I'm in rehearsals day and night right before an opera opens, my passenger seat is covered in deli paper from sub shops.
Weekends on-call deserve chocolate-covered espresso beans. Period.
Yep. That's about right for a weekend on call. You should see my floor....Every other week or so I drive 3-4 hours to rural/frontier western Kansas to do ER/clinic locums for 5-7 days. You can imagine.
Btw, I have been looking for blue books ever since I noticed the title of this post...compare and contrast. Do they still use blue books in colleges?
so...can I use this as a source to tell people "No aspartame doesn't cause Alzheimer's"?
Is there a Twelve Step Program for soda drinking? If so, it needs you.
Forget the "artininal" cloth bags and the oh-so macho bins. And forget recycling altogether. With all the plastic used IN the hospital (not in the Yak herder's car) it is obvious the medical community is not into saving the planet. (the people, not the planet ...)
Simply get a plastic bag from the kosher (or not kosher) grocery store, place one handle around the grearshift (hmmmm ... does the Grumpymobile have a gear shift? Most garbage trucks do ...) or the parking brake (most go WHAAAAAA THAAAA???) handle and toss away. Remove and repeat as needed.
Cheap and one more use for the Grumpy plastic trash bags. And even if Mrs. Grumpy, smart woman she is carries home her groceries in a reusuable bag, Our Favorite Yak Herder can get one when he stops at the store for Reeses.
I like the seat cover too...


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The Bible says::
Jesus said:
Since God planned for us to have peace and real life right now, why are so many people hurting or angry inside?
God created us in His own image so we can know Him personally and have a joy-filled life. He did not make us as robots to automatically love and obey Him, but gave us a will and a freedom of choice. Since the beginning of time, we have chosen to disobey God and go our own willful way. We still make this choice today. This results in separation from God and ends in misery.
The Bible says:
The Bible says that disobeying God results in being separated from Him.
Our attempts can never unite us with God. Through the ages, people have tried many ways to bridge this gap and reach God -- without success.
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I was greeted at my hotel with a surprise package, and it didn't take long to figure out the gold headband, shorts and tube socks addressed to "my Bleeker" was a costume as the nerd track star Paulie Bleeker from the movie Juno (you know, the one who knocks up the main character). My wife Christi is obsessed with the sweet, lovable Bleeker, insisting he is "the new Jake Ryan" (for those of you who oogled over the hunk from the movie Sixteen Candles as a teen). She still gets teary-eyed thinking of the scene where Bleeker runs off the track after winning the 800 meter to quietly cuddle Juno in her time of need, complete with track spikes in bed. Geeks who run are sexy? Well heck, I'm in! But would anyone else get the costume? I guess we would find out on Monday…
I showed up a day early to watch the Women's Olympic Trials on Sunday and cheer on Cassie Henkiel from Austin, TX. Cassie is a world-class athlete, a good friend, and the local Austin coach that keeps Kristin Armstrong and others in shape for Boston. Cassie did very well despite "losing her legs" about half way through, and the pink-clad support crew from Austin went nuts at every lap (the t-shirts that said "Kick Some, Cassie" were a nice touch). Deana Kastor also put on a fantastic race, winning in 2:29:35 to make the Olympic team along with Magdelena Lewy Boulet and Blake Russell. One from Mammoth Lakes, CA, one from Oakland, CA, and one from Pacific Grove, CA - California runners rocked the Trials!
After the Trials, I stopped by the Convention Center to get my packet and the cool new t-shirt for 2008. I said my howdy's to everyone at Team Injinji, whose booth was buzzing with curious runners. I also had the good fortune to speak with Dick and Rick Hoyt, two of the most courageous athletes I have ever met. For those of you who haven't heard of this pair, Rick Hoyt has cerebral palsy and is a quadriplegic and Dick is his father. Rick's affliction hasn't stopped them from competing as a team in hundreds of triathlons and road races together, including many Ironman Hawaii races and 25 Boston Marathons. Yup, you read that right – they have done 25! And tomorrow would be 26. As Dick told me, "Rick is the athlete, I'm just loaning him my arms and legs". Wow - talk about a defining role model for being a father! Rick is also a college graduate (Boston U), has his own apartment, and is a gifted writer. To hear them speak about their accomplishments with such humility is very inspiring.
I rolled out of the Expo and made my way to Fenway Park to catch the Boston Red Sox/Texas Rangers game. I'm a newbie to the baseball scene, so this was quite a treat to visit the historic Fenway. There I learned why Boston fans cheer so loud for the marathon – these people LOVE their sports! The guys next to me were watching the Celtics and Bruins game on their cell phones while drinking beer and cheering on the Red Sox. Just can't get enough!
The Red Sox had a classic come from behind win (see video below). I had always thought baseball would be slow paced, but there was nothing dull about a bottom of the 8th inning, 2 outs, full count, bases loaded moment with Casey at bat (I kid you not). When the Rangers walked a run in (which would be the winning run for Boston), the place exploded and made it impossible for me to hold the camera. I've never experienced anything like it. A Red Sox come-from-behind win, Olympic Trials, and meeting the Hoyt Ironman legends - the Boston Marathon hadn't even started, and I was already having sports overload!
The morning of the race, I donned my red and gold Bleeker costume and headed down to the buses at the Boston Commons. In Hopkinton, I would be joining Kristin "Kik" Armstrong and Paige Alam for our second run at Boston (we did it back in 2006), as well as Courtney Houston from Austin, TX, taking on her first Boston. It's impossible not to have fun with this crew, and with no pace goals we were certain to have a day of fun and laughs.
On the bus ride out, I ran into Injinji teammate 19-year-old Michael Hayden, fresh off his age group world record 50k at Mad City (3:45). He was still feeling last weeks race (Diablo was still stinging me as well), but he was hoping to clock a 3:10. We caught up on races and tips, his experience racing the Mad City tundra, various ultra gossip, and the top contenders for Western States this year. I thought those who overheard us might think we were nuts, but I was pleased to find out that a bunch of them had tried ultras in the last couple of years. The sport is definitely spreading!
At the race start, Kik and Paige greeted me with orange t-shirts that said "Paulie Bleeker rules", so obviously some conspiring had occurred. ;-) I stripped down to my outfit, but I didn't stand out much among the throngs of colored runners. Just when I thought nobody would notice me among the masses, two guys behind me said "you're the cheese to my macaroni" (a classic line from the movie). This was going to be a fun race!
Boston Marathon race numbers indicate your qualifying time (my 2:57 at the Napa Marathon was good enough for #2193), as well as which corral you start in. Since we were all running together, we had to all jump into the "big number" corrals, somewhere in the 17,000 range. We found ourselves among the true heroes of marathons – the folks who aren't built to run, don't find it easy, and worked damn hard to get here. Thousands were running for charitable causes or in memory of loved ones, lifting the corral in a rising tide of hope and compassion. Each courageous soul was in a fight for the long run (literally), and with this collective show of force it's hard not to think these diseases don't stand a chance.
At 10:30am, we began our descent down into Ashland. The day was perfect – high 50's with a slight breeze. We cruised along at a 9:20/mile pace, shouting back to the awesome locals who were 3-4 deep on both sides for miles. The theme song from Rocky and Neil Diamond's "Sweet Caroline" were being blasted from stereos all over the place. One family was creating a "glove tree" from all the discarded gloves, and they told me some years there can be hundreds by the time the race ends.
It didn't take long before Paige started weaving her way up through the crowd. Paige is a born leader, and we all just stepped into form behind her and snaked our way through the crowd. If she spotted a group of kids giving out high fives (or especially a retirement home, church, or row of wheelchairs), we would make our way to the sidelines and slap some palms. I told her "that's great you're giving some love", but she just replied "giving? Heck, I'm getting it big time". That's Paige for ya.
Occasionally I would hear "Go Bleek!", or the Boston-accented "Oh my gawd, it's Pawlie Bleekah!". There is definitely a hoard of Juno fans out there. Awareness of the costume skewed young on the demographic scale, and that made me wonder about the gorgeous ladies of Wellesley College at mile 12. It's either going to be nothing, or I'll be lucky to keep my clothes on. ;-)
As we made our way into Framingham (mile 7), I recognized the smiling face of Sister Madonna Buder, another hero of Ironman. She is the Helen Klein of Ironman, setting records well into her 70's and still going for it even after some 200-odd triathlons and 13 trips to Ironman Hawaii. I asked her if she had ever run Boston before and she said "oh, sure…about 25 years ago". How cool is that? Look out Helen, she's coming for ya!
The temperature got up into the 60's, and everyone stripped a layer or two. Paige was wearing her "Go Cassie" shirt from the day before as a base layer, so everybody started yelling out "Go, Cassie!". Paige loved being Cassie for a day. My costume was holding up well too. As cheesy as the nylon shorts were, they are definitely breathable (probably best if I just leave it at that). We passed a bar called The Chicken Bone that was yelling out for Scott D, so I stopped to say thank you and get a pic with The Chicken Man himself. The BBQ looked delicious, but I thought it best to stick with Gatorade for now. I just love that the craziest biker bar on the whole course was cheering my name!
Mile 8 was a special one for Paige and Kik, for they had promised to dedicate it to their eight-year-old children, Laney and Luke. Paige had her Blackberry with her (which was constantly going off with text messages of support from family and friends), so she gave their classroom a call and they got to speak with their kids. They let the Mommies know the whole class was running a mile at the track today to dedicate back to them! That put a HUGE smile on their faces, and the pace picked up on the wings of (little) angels.
We entered Natick (mile 9), and a smiling young woman came up to me and said "LOVE the Bleeker costume! Your wife is my hero". Ali is a student in Colorado that was born in Boston, and she had quite a story herself. Her parents watched Allison Roe win the Boston Marathon in 1981 while her Mom was in labor, so they named her Allison Rowe. Fate brought her to run Boston as her first marathon, and here she was having a fabulous time. When she heard I was an ultrarunner, she asked "Have you run with Tony Krupicka? He's a good friend and we did cross-country together". She gave me a knowing smile when I let her know I was hoping to meet him at Western States this year, but suspected that I would at most see 30 seconds of the back of his head at the start. ;-)
The familiar sounds of the scream tunnel at Wellesley could be heard around mile 12, and I braced myself. We also picked up Katie Love, another runner from Austin, TX, who hadn't quite gotten herself fully healthy yet, but wasn't going to qualify for Boston and miss all the fun so she settled for the second half. Together, we ran through the scream tunnel where I heard "BLEEK!!! COME GET A KISS!!!". Who am I to deny the locals? I'll save you the details, but let's just say my breath smelled of beer and froshies for the next mile. I was so stunned I forgot to take a picture! Bleeker loves you back, women of Wellesley!
Soon after Wellesley, Courtney came flying by after taking a pit stop and having to weave through thousands to catch back up. She was still going strong and having a fabulous time. We caught up to two large men running in Speedos (and not much else), and I said "I dare you to go slap that guy on the ass-"…I didn't even have to finish my sentence and Courtney gave one of them a good enough smack that he jumped about a foot in the air! I laughed so hard that I just about fell over. I'm sure they would have been mad if it was anyone other than a tall, gorgeous Texan woman. Instead they just glowed red, cheeks and butt cheeks alike, and made small talk.
The town of Newton (mile 15) brought the hill country, which elicited groans from many, but was a welcome relief to my trail-trained legs. A women screamed for me to come over – "Bleeker! Hey, Bleek!" - turns out she had seen the movie some 30 times, and thought the costume was great. She didn't think others were going to get the joke, so she whipped out a big black marker and wrote BLEEKER across my chest, gave me a peck on the cheek, and said "I sure hope I find my Bleeker someday". My wife was right – Paulie Bleeker has some serious fans!
I was sure to hit the Hash House Harriers beer aid station at mile 19, where they loaded me up with a couple of beers and sang a drinking song as I chugged away. Per usual, it hit the spot and I charged up Heartbreak Hill, giving a wave to the John Kelly statue as we went by.
As we hit the top of Heartbreak, Kik said "where's the beer aid station?". I told her it was opposite the water station she stopped at, and she looked over her shoulder and contemplated running back! Oops, my bad – I should have guided her to where the "Beer gives 100%" sign was. I figured this was easy to remedy and stepped up to the next frat party and pointed to the gorgeous blonde who needed a beer. They snapped into action, calling back to the keg to "get a beer for Bleeker's girl, pronto!". I ran the beer up to Kik and Paige, who slammed it right down and hit the downhills with a new infusion of liquid courage.
The hills at mile 21 were tough of Kik and Courtney, who both started to fight cramps and quad soreness. Ah, yes – let the negotiation begin. We're all too familiar with the "legs, we had a deal" or "you promised me you wouldn't do this" conversation that sneaks under your breath in times of need. Rebellious muscles can be tough negotiators! We took a few short stretch breaks, but nobody was going to quit. Good thing, because Cassie the Coach was at mile 25 and just the thought of having her see them walk (and the amount of intervals they would have to do upon return) made them pick up the pace! We did get a photo with Cassie before closing in on the last mile. Before we knew it, we all finished just under four hours in 3:59:23, and immediately made our way to the Four Seasons Hotel bar for celebratory cocktails.
My slowest marathon yet, and quite possibly the most fun I have ever had. I was super-proud of the Texas girls for rallying through to the end and doing it with ear-to-ear smiles. Michael Hayden ended up running a near even split for 3:01 (a PR), and surely could have gone faster. That kid is getting fast! We heard from other runners that Robert Cheruiyot had won his 4th Boston in 2:07:44, and Dire Tune won the Women's division in a hotly contested race. Lance Amrstrong finished in a fast 2:50 and change, but with a whole new respect for the downhills (btw, if you want to see Kik interviewing him in a hilarious video, go here).
(Further proof that all Texas women are gorgeous - that's Larry King's mug shot in the background...apparently he has passed some bad checks in his time)
I called Christi to let her know her Bleeker was doing fine, and the costume was a huge hit. After a short nap and shower, I joined the Texans one more time for dinner at The Beehive and a round of drinks at Alibi, a prison-themed bar at the new Liberty Hotel. Both are great stops if you're heading to Boston. By midnight, we were exhausted from a weekend of thrills, adventure, and new stories to keep our friendships close. I already can't wait to get back!


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It's not every day that you get cheered on by 10,000 spectators. But that's the experience Alex Stein '06 had as a coxswain for the U.S. rowing team, competing in the London 2012 Paralympics. Stein, an assistant director of athletic fundraising at Dartmouth, led the LTA Mixed Four boat to a sixth-place finish on September 2 at the international competition, in which 4,200 athletes with a wide range of disabilities competed over the course of 12 days.
"I remember being on the line, about to race, and hearing the official polling each country—'Ireland, Belarus, Great Britain, Canada, France, United States!' " says Stein of her boat's first race on Dorney Lake. "And for that race, in that moment, we were the United States! I was so incredibly proud."
A member of the U.S. Paralympic team since 2011, the former Big Green coxswain is not disabled. According to Paralympics rules the coxswain need not have a disability.
A coxswain has a number of different roles in the boat. "Their primary job is to steer the boat and keep everyone safe," says Stein. "Beyond that, as a coxswain, you are a coach in the boat. You are a strategist. You are the jockey or the quarterback. You are implementing the strategy and bringing the boat together."
Stein's boat, the LTA Mixed Four with coxswain, denotes that there are two women and two men in the boat rowing with the use of their legs, trunks, and arms. Two of the rowers in Stein's boat were blind and two had a limited range of motion in their ankles and their arms.
The Paralympic Games were founded in 1948 by German neurologist Sir Ludwig Guttmann, who organized a sports competition for injured World War II veterans. Today, the Paralympic Games are an international sporting competition for athletes with a range of physical disabilities. It's held every four years, immediately following the Olympics. The 2012 Games were the most popular in history, breaking records for attendance, volunteer support, and ticket sales.
Stein trained with her boat mates nearly seven hours a day, six days a week, this past summer. Though the training was "absolutely grueling," she continued working in her Dartmouth job, telecommuting from training sites in Virginia, California, New Jersey, and Pennsylvania.
"I am thankful that my job allowed me the flexibility I needed to train and compete at such a high level," says Stein. "Wherever I went, I met with alumni all over the country to talk about our amazing Dartmouth athletic programs and to generate excitement about what these programs are doing for our student-athletes here in Hanover and beyond."
Despite not competing in any World Cup races prior to the Paralympic Games, her boat finished second in both its heat and semifinal, and sixth in the final. "We are proud of what we accomplished in London," she says. "But you know, you only get a shot at the Paralympic medal once every four years and it certainly leaves you hungry for more."
On September 14, Stein attended a White House reception with President Obama, First Lady Michelle Obama, and Vice President Joe Biden for all of the U.S. Paralympians and Olympians. Sean Furey '04, Erik Storck '07, and Anthony Fahden '08 were also in attendance.
"There is something President Obama said that really resonated with me," Stein recalls. "He said, 'It's not about what you do when everyone's watching on the Olympic stage; it's about what you do to prepare—what you do when no one's watching.' I really appreciated his acknowledgement of all our efforts. If you think about it, we trained for four years for a 3.5 minute race!"
Stein is back in Hanover now, but hopes to participate next year in the World Rowing Championships, where she competed in 2011 as a member of the U.S. Paralympic team. "I'm so glad I discovered rowing at Dartmouth," she says. "I think it is core to who I am."


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