It continues to rain.
I may eat my words later (and I promise to own it when I do) but I love this weather. Riding home in the rain is fucking religious. Little drops accumulating on my face, the dark, cloudy night sky above me. My michelin tires spraying through puddles that I […]
Last night I left work at 5:30pm and ran the Esplanade. I ran fast. As fast as I could.
And it felt good.
I haven’t run in a while and I have no idea why. I expected to be slow, bogged down, pathetic, in pain. But I cranked “Lose Yourself” and […]
When the massage therapist arrived on Wednesday night the first thing that she said to me was, “Hey. Did you notice that it’s fall now? Do you remember when that happened?”
“Yeah. At 3:00pm.”
She laughed because I was right. It is starting to be tradition for me to write about the onset […]
I live!
I live and I’m tired. I’m tired and swamped and work.
So here’s a bit of a recap via an update email that I sent to a friend…
Never in my life have I been as tired as I was in the final leg… Half mile in and I’m thinking, “hm. this is going […]
Here we go.
Here we go.
Frequent readers will recall that I often vomit before big softball tournaments. I haven’t done that in a while but I have the same feeling today.
Nerves.
I know I’ll be fine. I know I’ll finish. Hell, I might even be great - you never know.
Friends have reassured me that […]
I realize that I’ve been talking about the Hood to Coast as if everyone should just know what I mean.
Basically, the HTC is a 195 mile race from Mt. Hood down to the breakers at Seaside, Oregon. The race is run relay-style by teams of 12. Each team has two vans carrying 6 […]
I ran to Washington Park.
I had never been there before.
I ran through downtown Portland streets. West,west and west.
I was running from something. And to something. I couldn’t pin down either but I was running nonetheless.
Fast.Flying.
Downtown slipped behind me and I turned into the park. Dark windy street heading uphill. Switchbacks. […]
I threw on my running tights today and hit the Embarcadero. It was cold. See-your-breath cold. I haven’t been running outside lately - I can’t say why. I’ve been keeping warm on the elliptical or a treadmill.
But today I knew I had to go outside and see my breath in front of me.
I threw my […]
I pulled a Forrest Gump today. I just kept running and running.
First I set out in the opposite direction that I usually go. I headed toward the ball park, made a loop around it and started heading back. At the Ferry Building there were throngs setting up for the Farmer’s Market. […]
Saturday, October 8th.
It’s 6:00pm on Saturday and I have not left my house except to bring two loads of garbage down to the trash room.
Summer is winding down and as the days get shorter a calm sets in. Fall always seems to catch me off guard. Last year I wrote “Fall fell.” and I feel […]
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