Today’s the day me and my big giant head set off for Easter Island, or as I prefer to call it, Rapa Nui. Or at least, I THOUGHT that’s what I should call it. Googling the Wikipedia entry on Easter Island provides background on the name for this island, one of the most remote inhabited […]
How did I get here? That was a refrain throughout the long night’s journey into day that was this past weekend. Having landed in Spokane, I was struck by how relatively smoothly I got out of the airport. We were a little early in arriving so my rental car counter was still open. They were […]
The text that follows was written at 9:17 PM on May 28, 2016. This day, May 29th, has essentially just been a very long extension of Saturday. This rambling prose was written before the 12:30 AM blueberry muffin pancakes at a Spokane Denny’s. It was also written before I was scrunched up in the backseat […]
Today I was supposed to be in San Diego for the Avocado Half Marathon. Unfortunately the race organizers lost their permit and had to cancel/reschedule for a time in September when I can’t do it. After a bit of credit card rigmarole, I *think* I’ve finally gotten my registration fee refunded. A shame, as I […]
There’s a theorem. Or maybe it’s a rule. Actually it’s more of a guideline than a rule. In any case, when you are carrying a completely filled to the top cup of hot coffee you have two choices — OPTION 1: walk ever so slowly, trying to hold your hand steady and invariably sloshing scaldingly […]
Oh, fudge. I’ve been eyeing this race for years now. And today was the day I finally pulled the trigger on my Official Red Ryder Carbine-Action Two-Hundred-Shot Range Model Air Rifle. Today, I’m registered for A Christmas Story 10K. I had previously bought off of eBay a bunny suit to run in. And a quick […]
I drove my brother to the airport today. It’s 13 miles from my house, so the roundtrip was about a marathon’s distance. It took me almost 2 hours to make the journey thanks to traffic and lights. Steve has often asked me if I could run somewhere faster than I could drive. While that isn’t […]
Impulse registration. It’ll be in April 2017 when I’ve already got a number of events lined up… and hopefully one very important one in Boston on Monday April 17th. But it doesn’t conflict with anything I already have on the books… and they knew just how to market to me. A dollar a mile? Sold, […]
It was a long trip home yesterday. We sat on the runway both in MSP and once we landed in LAX. All told, we finally exited the plane about 40 minutes later than scheduled. I was every bit knackered six ways to Sunday… and by the time I caught the rental car shuttle, it was […]
It’s been a long weekend with A LOT of driving. I’ll endeavor to post a few more coherent thoughts tomorrow but in the meantime, here are start line and finisher photos of me. According to the text messages I received as part of the runner tracking, I clocked a 3:32:56 for the day. The highlight […]