boomergran.blogspot.com
Boomer Gran: June 2014
http://boomergran.blogspot.com/2014_06_01_archive.html
A baby-boomer grandmother muses about kids, politics, family, bigotry, religion, and whatever else triggers the synapses! Monday, June 30, 2014. Pilgrimage - June 30, 2014. I left there and drove north a few miles to Flamingo Jim's - one of our never-to-be-missed destinations on the Coast. They have everything from t-shirts to knick-knacks, not all flamingo related, but just a fun place to shop and pick up little odds and ends for ourselves and the grandkids. My final destination was Munson Creek Falls, ...
boomergran.blogspot.com
Boomer Gran: April 2014
http://boomergran.blogspot.com/2014_04_01_archive.html
A baby-boomer grandmother muses about kids, politics, family, bigotry, religion, and whatever else triggers the synapses! Tuesday, April 29, 2014. April 29, 2011. I opened my eyes. Eight o'clock! Where was Jim with my morning cup of coffee? He never let me sleep this late, and since I'd fallen from his truck four days ago, he was especially solicitous, wanting to know how I was feeling, if I'd slept well, was I in pain. Something was wrong, really wrong. What train, honey? No," he said, showing a flash o...
runningcouple.blogspot.com
the running couple: The Home Field Advantage: Holiday Lake 50k 2014 Race Report
http://runningcouple.blogspot.com/2014/02/the-home-field-advantage-holiday-lake.html
All I want to do is rock. Not The Droids You're Looking For. Monday, February 17, 2014. The Home Field Advantage: Holiday Lake 50k 2014 Race Report. Saturday, February 15, 2014. Especially the first time around. And where I was staying that night. I ate as much cereal as I could before bed, the rest of the box of Golden Grahams and some Honeycombs. I was in bed by midnight, alarm set for 3:30 am. The first creek crossing wasn't very deep and we were through without trouble, we hit the service road that t...
runningcouple.blogspot.com
the running couple: December 2014
http://runningcouple.blogspot.com/2014_12_01_archive.html
All I want to do is rock. Not The Droids You're Looking For. Tuesday, December 16, 2014. Hellgate Race Report 2014. December 13, 2014. Experience is simply the name we give our mistakes." Oscar Wilde. The Week and Days Before. After the Mountain Masochist 50 miler the first of November, I took more time off. No running,. I decided it was about survival. That isn't to say I didn't want to do well, but I knew ultimately it was about finishing. In the Beginning, the Hellgate Start. I looked at him, I was ma...
runningcouple.blogspot.com
the running couple: Race Report: Promise Land 50k (Alexis)
http://runningcouple.blogspot.com/2012/05/race-report-promise-land-50k-alexis.html
All I want to do is rock. Not The Droids You're Looking For. Tuesday, May 1, 2012. Race Report: Promise Land 50k (Alexis). Running an ultra was not part of my plan for the year. But then having a baby wasn't part of last year's plan and we've seen how that went. Besides, you know what they say about the best-laid plans. Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom). There was an error in this gadget. The Home Field Advantage: Holiday Lake 50k 2014 Race Report. Race Report: Western States Endurance Run 100. Running ...
boomergran.blogspot.com
Boomer Gran: May 2013
http://boomergran.blogspot.com/2013_05_01_archive.html
A baby-boomer grandmother muses about kids, politics, family, bigotry, religion, and whatever else triggers the synapses! Thursday, May 30, 2013. It's the little things. Here we are, two years later, and the only thing that doesn't change is that I keep being surprised by the changes! Lest you get the wrong idea, let me rush to say that I'm in no way wanting to hurry him out of this world! It's not a skill I ever wanted, but I certainly am thankful that I developed it! That was an eye-opener! Loved it...
boomergran.blogspot.com
Boomer Gran: April 2012
http://boomergran.blogspot.com/2012_04_01_archive.html
A baby-boomer grandmother muses about kids, politics, family, bigotry, religion, and whatever else triggers the synapses! Saturday, April 21, 2012. One year. Fifty-two weeks. Anniversaries come around like that. They start with, "One week ago." or "One month ago." but eventually the weeks and months become a year, and we sit and wonder where the time went. How can it have been so long? How did it go by so quickly? I'd just visited my doctor, complaining of pain in my left leg. He'd ordered x-rays, gi...
runningcouple.blogspot.com
the running couple: Race Report: Western States Endurance Run 100
http://runningcouple.blogspot.com/2013/07/race-report-western-states-endurance.html
All I want to do is rock. Not The Droids You're Looking For. Thursday, July 4, 2013. Race Report: Western States Endurance Run 100. Western States Endurance Run. Squaw Valley to Auburn, CA. Saturday, June 29- Sunday, June 30, 2013. Three miles to go in almost two hours." And Tim was also there at the awards ceremony to shake every finisher's hand as they received their buckle on Sunday afternoon. But that is just a glimpse into the kind of support and aid from the people associated with the run. Standing...
runningcouple.blogspot.com
the running couple: It's not talent, it's stubbornness.
http://runningcouple.blogspot.com/2014/10/its-not-talent-its-stubbornness.html
All I want to do is rock. Not The Droids You're Looking For. Thursday, October 23, 2014. It's not talent, it's stubbornness. To run that 10k held on the Monday following Memorial Weekend to give me the mental confidence that I could in fact finish the 25k the following Sunday for which I was registered. He told me that I had gained too much weight,too quickly, had probably just bruised the foot badly from running on it with all that extra weight. He said I would be fine, but DO NOT RUN anymore this p...
boomergran.blogspot.com
Boomer Gran: April 29, 2011
http://boomergran.blogspot.com/2014/04/april-29-2011.html
A baby-boomer grandmother muses about kids, politics, family, bigotry, religion, and whatever else triggers the synapses! Tuesday, April 29, 2014. April 29, 2011. I opened my eyes. Eight o'clock! Where was Jim with my morning cup of coffee? He never let me sleep this late, and since I'd fallen from his truck four days ago, he was especially solicitous, wanting to know how I was feeling, if I'd slept well, was I in pain. Something was wrong, really wrong. What train, honey? No," he said, showing a flash o...