Live from New York

It's a difficult rhetorical task, one I would not have chosen to undertake.

I am in the Big Apple for the New York City Marathon, here to spend Saturday at the expo booth for Moeben, maker of the coolest running gear ever (www.moeben.com), where I will sell arm sleeves and sign copies of Personal Record, alongside Chris McDougall, whose book, Born to Run, about the Tarahumara runners in Mexico, is smart and engaging and fantastic.

On Friday I will meet with my beloved former literary agent, w...