I’m having a bad day. It’s one of those days where I hate everything and everyone and just generally feel like they’re all out to get me for some reason. Maybe not out to get me, just oblivious to the notion that there are other people in the world, including me, and maybe the world […]
It was a sleepless night that had me constantly fretting I was covered in Poison Oak from my trail run. I’m 75% sure I’m not… but there is a 25% chance I know absolutely nothing about nature’s poisoning capabilities… actually I’m 100% sure I know almost nothing about the true signs of nature’s killing capabilities. […]
It could’ve been muddier. I suppose it could’ve been more like that mudslide in “Romancing the Stone.” To be honest, though, it wasn’t as bad as I imagined it might be. Oh, sure, a few (shoe)sole sucking moments amidst the mud, and a few soul sucking moments when the incline never seemed to end. And […]
Well, crap. It looks like it’s going to rain for my race tomorrow. I guess it could be worse; I could be running in Washington, DC. I’m just about to get into the car and drive the 6 hours+ to the San Francisco area. The Crystal Springs Trail Marathon is held rain or shine and […]
As the Powerball lottery’s jackpot rolled over and over into the size of a gross domestic product for a small country, I continued to dismiss the odds. It seemed like such a waste of money to gamble, even at a dollar or two for a “potential” return of 1.5 billion. And while I like to […]
I get a fair bit of junk emails. Some of it is from spammers and some of it is legitimate stuff that for one reason or another the spam algorithm has decided is junk… no matter how many times previously I’ve clicked the “Wait…it’s safe!” button for the sender. Apropos of nothing, I checked my […]
It dawns on me today that in eight weeks I’ll be on my way back from Antarctica. That means that in just about six weeks I’ll be heading to Antarctica. Marathon Tours, who are handling the majority of the logistics on this crazy adventure, are sending me weekly emails now with last minute details and […]
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, […]