Miwok 09: Scott again?

Miwok is just around the corner, next week, and I really look forward to it! Principally for the company as we will be several hundred runne...

Ruth Anderson 09: almost perfect...

I ran Ruth Anderson for the first time in 2007 , two weeks before Boston (one of my first posts on this blog). It was my first attempt at th...

Rhus Ridge: so close, so far

On my 15-minute ride back home after this morning run I was thinking: "how amazing to live so close to this open space and outdoors!...

American River '09: giving up...

While cruising along American River this Saturday morning, I was thinking: "all (ultra) paths lead to... Auburn!" Well, not exactl...

Spring spree

Spree: a period of unrestrained self-indulgence... After welcoming Spring with a poem last week , I'm enjoying this extended period wit...

Spring musing

After 109 posts on this blog, here is a new genre, a poem. No rhymes, but an acrostic and 24 alexandrins! To recount my day. Here you are......

Way Too Cool '09: longer, slower

Preamble : this is a long report, for a relatively short ultra. If you are in a hurry, you may want to jump to my Picasa photo album with A...