I didn’t run this year, I raced. I did some mental math when texting with Liz and another friend and realized I’d raced (as in organized race, not speed) about 90 miles this year. That is bonkers when considering Strava says I’m at ~750 miles. “I feel seen” is possibly the most over-used comment, but… Read More »
I was all set to get back into a running/weekly rundown routine, and then the Canadian fires smoke ate NYC. I could have run, but I mostly opted not to. It didn’t feel good the one day I did, and running is supposed to feel good, right? The smoke did clear in time for the… Read More »
Oh what an absolutely wonderful whirlwind trip it was. Trying not to double up, so the vast majority of pics are on Facebook or my Instagram under #IveComeToLookForAmerica, a fun tag I adopted for my 50 state chase. State 40 of 50, oddly done twenty years after Hawaii, the other hardest one from an East… Read More »
I’m back from my week away and will most likely have a mega Weekly Run Down next Sunday since I didn’t get it posted today. In my defense, I didn’t get home until 2 AM due to some weird flights. Although there were no long runs, it was a good, active week. Somehow, despite a… Read More »
As has become custom, I’m writing up my 2019 goals before I’ve hit my 2018 totals. Prior Goals: 2018 2017 2016 2015 2014 2013, subsequently revised As I mentioned somewhere, I’m simplifying them. Last year was way too crazy and ultimately frustrating. So building on what I started: Running Mark two years running in… Read More »
Flickr plugin still broken. Photos are here. This is the post I’ve simultaneously been wanting to write while still driving that day, and dreading because it’s so complicated. It doesn’t have the undercurrent of dark tourism that the Charleston plantations or Oklahoma City did, but maybe it should? It certainly started to once this trip… Read More »
Either Flickr’s sale or the last WordPress update broke that plugin, so photos are here. I’m nearly done with my photos, but I still have way too many. The Badlands are almost beyond description though. Driving through scenery like that… with scenery like this in your mirrors. It’s just surreal. This was one of my… Read More »
[fsg_gallery id=”22″] I heard a lot of Montana ads while away and while I don’t remember it verbatim it was something about memories on the price of gas. Well that also fits this nearly 1,600 mile road trip. Total gas expenditures? $103.10. I’m not an organized enough driver to have also tracked the gallons that… Read More »
Have I seriously never posted about the 50 before 50 aka visit all fifty states before I turn 50 challenge? Maybe because as of last year, I didn’t think it was going to happen: But 2015 has been very good for my progress: With this past week’s trip to New Mexico, Arizona and Colorado (amazing!… Read More »