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seeking awe: November 2015
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Everybody needs beauty as well as bread, places to play in and pray in, where nature may heal and give strength to body and soul. John Muir. Monday, November 9, 2015. I’ll be honest – I wasn’t actually that interested in running a 100 miler. I like the idea of running all day (and maybe part. Chollas - or jumping cacti - are the bright green, fuzzy looking plants to the left. I was in bed at 8pm, but it was another hour or so until I finally fell asleep. I slept fitfully until about 2:45am, then got ...
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seeking awe: #ageisjustanumber
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Everybody needs beauty as well as bread, places to play in and pray in, where nature may heal and give strength to body and soul. John Muir. Sunday, May 22, 2016. I signed up for Quad Rock 25 miler. On a bit of a whim, but it ended up being a run with a purpose when I realized that 25 miles is equivalent to 40 km. 40km just a few days before my 40th birthday? The knee looks worse that it was. And when "Let it Go" from Frozen. You better believe it that I was signing along. View my complete profile. River...
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seeking awe: May 2015
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Everybody needs beauty as well as bread, places to play in and pray in, where nature may heal and give strength to body and soul. John Muir. Tuesday, May 19, 2015. Fifth year at the Mac. Clem As I caught up with my Corvallis running friends over pizza and beer, after an evening run when I was back in Oregon in December, Clem suggested that I come back for the 20. Anniversary of the MacDonald Forest 50km …and, of course, then spend the next day, Mother’s Day, with my mom. Really, I could blame (credit?
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seeking awe: Javelina jundred
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Everybody needs beauty as well as bread, places to play in and pray in, where nature may heal and give strength to body and soul. John Muir. Monday, November 9, 2015. I’ll be honest – I wasn’t actually that interested in running a 100 miler. I like the idea of running all day (and maybe part. Chollas - or jumping cacti - are the bright green, fuzzy looking plants to the left. I was in bed at 8pm, but it was another hour or so until I finally fell asleep. I slept fitfully until about 2:45am, then got ...
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seeking awe: Fifth year at the Mac
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Everybody needs beauty as well as bread, places to play in and pray in, where nature may heal and give strength to body and soul. John Muir. Tuesday, May 19, 2015. Fifth year at the Mac. Clem As I caught up with my Corvallis running friends over pizza and beer, after an evening run when I was back in Oregon in December, Clem suggested that I come back for the 20. Anniversary of the MacDonald Forest 50km …and, of course, then spend the next day, Mother’s Day, with my mom. Really, I could blame (credit?
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seeking awe: A Western States Story
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Everybody needs beauty as well as bread, places to play in and pray in, where nature may heal and give strength to body and soul. John Muir. Friday, July 3, 2015. A Western States Story. Last weekend, I once again had the pleasure and privilege of crewing and pacing for my friend,. Serving in the Queen's pit crew with Kelsie Clausen. At Western States 100. But I enjoyed writing this down the day after the race and hope that at least one person out there enjoys reading this. Everyone anxiously awaited - a...
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seeking awe: December 2013
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Everybody needs beauty as well as bread, places to play in and pray in, where nature may heal and give strength to body and soul. John Muir. Monday, December 23, 2013. Run, Andrea, Run! And raining some more. Note the description of the rainfall level in the second line of the big paragraph. We finished getting ready to leave. Then I-70, the interstate into the mountains was closed by a landslide. . We decided to head up anyway, hoping that the route would open by by the time we got to the cl...It seemed...
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seeking awe: April 2015
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Everybody needs beauty as well as bread, places to play in and pray in, where nature may heal and give strength to body and soul. John Muir. Sunday, April 26, 2015. My magical unicorn day. With Brad (wearing his press jacket from covering the race last year). Coach Meghan's Boston girls - with Martha Staples. Once in my coral, I stripped off the last of my warm layers (to be donated to local charities), and as if on cue, light rain started. Then the count down and we were off. Slowly. I was about...I had...
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seeking awe: Boston 2016
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Everybody needs beauty as well as bread, places to play in and pray in, where nature may heal and give strength to body and soul. John Muir. Sunday, April 24, 2016. For most of last year, I suffered through a pretty bad case of plantar fasciitis. While I was able to run a decent time at Javelina. In the mean-time, Coach Meghan. Worked with me to try to start building my training back up while not aggravating my foot. I started off with running just 3 days a week (including a long run), swimming or bi...
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seeking awe: August 2014
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Everybody needs beauty as well as bread, places to play in and pray in, where nature may heal and give strength to body and soul. John Muir. Friday, August 22, 2014. That was unexpected - Waldo 100k. In 2012, I had a horrible race at Waldo 100k. You can read my description of it if you want. That hat), but most of the race was not a fond memory. After several days of ice, compression, and trying to stay off my feet, it felt a little better, not still not 100%. Coach Meghan. We crossed the bridge into the...