Tag Archives: cherry blossoms

Race Recap: 2024 Rock ‘n’ Roll DC Half

There’s always something magic, there’s always something new. And when you really, really need it the most that’s when rock and roll dreams come through Fun fact, Meat Loaf was my first concert, 30 years ago this June!  Linking up with Deborah and Kim to talk about my first (but not last!) Rock’n’Roll race. Spoiler:… Read More »

Race Recap: Cherry Blossom 10 miler

Is there any US location prettier in spring than the Washington DC Tidal Basin when the cherry blossoms bloom? I don’t think so. I fell in love with those pink petals some 16 years ago in Japan, so DC in April has been a long-time bucket list item. It never quite moved to reality until… Read More »

my inner Japan, 2016

[fsg_gallery id=”19″] You can take the girl out of Japan, but you can’t take the Japan out of the girl. Specifically, the love of cherry blossoms ingrained in me in April 2002 in Himeji and then again during April 2006 in Hiroshima. This El Nino’ed winter meant an early and short peak for this year’s… Read More »