I have a bad feeling about this…

There aren’t any photos from the run itself. I was too busy trying to focus on one foot in front of the other… a fool’s quest given the results. I would say it’s odd to finish a marathon and not have that runner’s high, that elation at having done something in the morning. But to […]

Though I’m past one hundred thousand miles I’m feeling very still And I think my spaceship knows which way to go Tell my wife I love her very much she knows Ground Control to Major Tom Your circuit’s dead, there’s something wrong Can you hear me, Major Tom? Can you hear me, Major Tom? Can […]

Diane, 10:44 AM on July 28, 2017. I’m entering the town of Snoqualmie WA, also North Bend, WA, and briefly Fall City, WA. Snoqualmie is 35.8 miles from Sea-Tec Airport in Seattle, WA. These areas are home to exterior locations for Twin Peaks, that fictional town sprung from the minds of Mark Frost and David […]

T-minus 1 Day and Counting… A 5:35 AM flight to Seattle is how the day begins.  In less than 24 hours, the first attempt will be made. As I waited for a Lyft to the airport, I checked my email at 2:42 AM.  A note from the race organizers included this tidbit, prompting a late […]

T-minus 2 Days and Counting… Today I got winded walking back from breakfast.  That is a bad omen. Jack and Jill went up the hill To fetch a pail of water. Jack fell down… And broke his crown… And Jill came tumblin’ after. Dark tidings for dark times?

T-minus 3 Days and Counting… Me: Kowalski! I need a “Go/No Go” from Prep… Prep: Skipper, I gotta be honest. The numbers don’t look good. I sincerely doubt Katherine Johnson or even Taraji P. Henson would sign off on them.  This morning’s 4:30 am run was… disheartening. Me: Is that a “no-go,” Kowalski? Prep:  Aw, jeez. Me: […]

“Fat Tuesday.” That’s how I’m feeling today. I looked in the mirror and this is what I saw: I went for a run, and this is how I ran: It is a dark time. T-minus 4 days until the first moonshot attempt. NOTE: Apparently “Fat Tuesday” is also how you say it in Huttese… at […]

Let me preface by saying my SF Marathon bib listed me as being a part of the 40 for 40 challenge. I couldn’t actually recall what that was when I picked up my packet and found myself wondering if that meant I was eligible because I was 40 and running the 40th. Turns out it’s […]

This day was a series of unfortunate events, starting with a 3:45 AM drive over the Bay Bridge into San Francisco wherein a car next to me plowed into one of those plastic stick barricades, hurtling it toward my car such that it wedged itself in the undercarriage. The race itself proved a tough day […]