This weekend I have a trail marathon up in the San Francisco Bay area. I keep trying to do trail runs now and again as they’re an entirely different type of adventure as compared to a city run. My biggest complaint with trails is that they’re all kinda the same no matter how beautiful the […]
My brother came out to cheer me on! That was the highlight of the day for sure. It’s always nice to have somebody in your corner. It’s been awhile since Steve and I got to hang out and while driving down to Anaheim at 3 AM isn’t perhaps the best use of our time together, […]
At 3:45 AM on the I-5 South about 10 miles from Disneyland there was an accident. Traffic was brought to a virtual standstill. I say virtual because though I stopped and had been sitting waiting for the various merging of lanes and traffic to de-jam, I got rear ended. So an accident sparked another accident, […]
No matter how many of these things I do, I always have a bit of nervous anxiety overload the night before a race. Tonight is the night before a 10K down in Disneyland as part of their Rebel Challenge Star Wars Half Marathon Weekend. I’ve got my running gear laid out, a bag of clothes […]
I’m in a funk. Last night I was tossing and turning, fitfully facing nightmares and weird dreams. I don’t often sleep well but this was a particularly trying night. And it’s been a series of bad days lately — nothing that I can specifically point to as the culprit, nor specific examples that seem particularly […]
The internet is awash with memes and instagram snapshots of inspirational quotes. There are times when I feel like the whole world has been overrun by those corporate motivational posters. You know the ones — DEDICATION and there’s a photo of a mountain and some Jack Handey style commentary on what dedication means. Or PERSEVERANCE […]
So thanks to airline schedule changes, my 11 AM flight got moved up to 7 AM. I suppose that’s okay as it meant I arrived at my destination a few hours earlier but I’m dragging quite a bit at the moment. I’ve traveled across the country for a variety of reasons but running-wise it’s because […]
Last night, David Bowie passed away after an 18-month fight with cancer. My brother is a super fan and through hero worship of Steve and general osmosis, I am a fan too. Just before my study abroad trip to Australia in college, I went to Madison Square Garden with Steve to see Bowie’s 50th Birthday […]
They really ought to call this a different dwarf’s challenge — today it was far more appropriate for me to call it the Sleepy Challenge! Man, I was just physically, mentally, and emotionally exhausted today. Not sure if it was the toll of four super early starts or something grander but I struggled mightily in […]
Another day, another race, another 3 AM wake-up. This is taking a toll. But at least today there wasn’t rain… just a lot of Hound of the Baskerville style fog. Traversing the moors of Disney World, I ran well and had a lot of character photo ops. Mom had to work today so opted not […]