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27 Sep 2008“I run because I am an animal. I run because it is part of my genetic wiring. I run because millions of years of evolution have left me programmed to run. And, finally, I run because there’s no better way to see the sun rise and set.” Amby Burfoot, The Runner’s Guide to the Meaning [...]
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22 Sep 2008This is one of the best photo finishes I’ve seen. Lagat looks like he’s being chased by a bear as he reaches the finish line at the 2008 Fifth Avenue Mile.
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11 Sep 2008So far, I haven’t been able to accomplish making such a unique piece of jewelery like Mark Remy’s necklace. It is a piece that inspires community, and challenge.
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3 Sep 2008This is an excerpt from Runner’s World Magazine. I read this article a couple of months back, and recently got a chance to revisit it. It’s inspirational for runners, dog lovers, outdoor enthusiasts, and all those people who like to live. Dogged, by Steve Friedman “He was a bad dog. That was an awful thing [...]
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24 Aug 2008Unless you’re seriously protesting the 2008 Olympics and refusing to even look at a newspaper/navigate to any news website/flip on the radio/or your television excludes NBC from your channel surfing lineup/or you don’t have a television and you don’t go to sports bars or belong to a gym, you’ve by now seen the finish of [...]
Last weekend some friends and I took a trip to Mendocino. We tasted wine on the drive up through Anderson Valley (some amazing pinots – I loved Goldeneye’s Gowan Creek. We stopped at Husch, and the people there were outrageously friendly… the wine was good too!). When we got to the camp site, my friend [...]
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8 Jun 2008These are some of the coolest guys I’ve ever seen. Unfortunately I can’t go to the festival on in July, it should be a good one!
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7 Jun 2008Recently I’ve been lost in the frustrating world of the un-motivated. I’m afraid of becoming indifferent to my training. I run when I’m supposed to, and often longer than I’m supposed to, but it’s getting harder—for my muscles, yes, but the challenge (and I knew this was coming) is to find strength in my mind. [...]
I dug snow caves and raised moose in Alaska. These days I surround myself with all things California, and try to avoid being a weekend warrior.