I had planned on just sitting in a movie theater watching some vacuous French space spectacle. But Seattle traffic and insane parking rates sabotaged such thoughts. There’s too many one way streets, divided roadways both horizontally and vertically requiring overpasses, underpasses, right turns to loop back around left ( but not like the Jersey jughandles), […]
When I booked my tickets, I must have thought July had 32 days. Tonight I get back from Seattle into LAX at 11:25 PM. Sadly, knowing what a disaster that airport is, I suspect we’ll land and then taxi for 45 minutes, meaning I should be out to the curb waiting for a Lyft by […]
I had every intention of making the trek out to Poulsbo, WA. This small town is on the Kitsap Peninsula, a slice of Norway in the Puget Sound. It is also home to the Kiana Lodge that was used for the interiors of the Great Northern Lodge on Twin Peaks… as well as offering the […]
The best part of any trip? Seeing a classic friend so clearly happy. My sincere thanks to Taylor (and Elliott and Megan) for coming out to meet me tonight on my last night in town.
What we had here was a failure to launch. I was behind before even the word “go.” I bumped into a running buddy in the parking lot. He asked if I was really trying to hit sub-3 on the second day of races. When I said yes, he laughed and said, “you’re stupid.” It was […]
I have a bad feeling about this…
There aren’t any photos from the run itself. I was too busy trying to focus on one foot in front of the other… a fool’s quest given the results. I would say it’s odd to finish a marathon and not have that runner’s high, that elation at having done something in the morning. But to […]
Though I’m past one hundred thousand miles I’m feeling very still And I think my spaceship knows which way to go Tell my wife I love her very much she knows Ground Control to Major Tom Your circuit’s dead, there’s something wrong Can you hear me, Major Tom? Can you hear me, Major Tom? Can […]
Diane, 10:44 AM on July 28, 2017. I’m entering the town of Snoqualmie WA, also North Bend, WA, and briefly Fall City, WA. Snoqualmie is 35.8 miles from Sea-Tec Airport in Seattle, WA. These areas are home to exterior locations for Twin Peaks, that fictional town sprung from the minds of Mark Frost and David […]
T-minus 1 Day and Counting… A 5:35 AM flight to Seattle is how the day begins. In less than 24 hours, the first attempt will be made. As I waited for a Lyft to the airport, I checked my email at 2:42 AM. A note from the race organizers included this tidbit, prompting a late […]