So… I haven’t told my Mom this yet. But there really wasn’t time to check with her. Besides isn’t it always better to ask forgiveness than to beg permission? In any event, thanks to a discount code expiring tonight, I’ve signed her and me up for a little 5K in the wilds of Orlando. A […]
I was living inside an internet meme. “Stay off my lawn!” the old man bellowed, literally shaking his fist at runners who dared to even ponder cutting the corner through his lawn by the sidewalk. In our defense, the road was torn up and under construction and the old man had chosen to re-deploy the […]
You can’t spell “Idaho Falls Marathon Tee Shirt” without the letters L, A, M, and E. The theme is “Christmas in July.” I don’t see any other theming … but maybe tomorrow I’ll see a lot of St Nick’s.
It started well… but things took a turn for the worse later in the day. I thought I should do a short run this morning. I was slow and definitely still feeling the aches and pains of the races. But I’m hoping to have a huckleberry shake and felt like I needed to earn it. […]
And so I leave my murderous SLC AirBNB behind, taking with me memories and photographic evidence in case CSI doesn’t get all the angles they need. Full disclosure: I’m guiltier than most for having a weird movie collection, both in the physical realm via VHS, Laserdisc, DVD, and blu-ray, as well as cloud based […]
I was late. Not on time. Late. As in “Late, late.” Despite last night’s ramble, I was late to the bus. My alarm went off as scheduled, I was all ready to go and then… well, when I looked at the directions, I realized my AirBNB is just a block or so away from the […]
My alarm is set for 2:30 AM… far too early both in my philosophical mindset and in the reality of getting to the shuttle buses. I know it’s too early. I know they say to be there by 3:45 AM for the shuttles but I also know that’s more than likely with the administrative foresight […]
On July 24, 1847, Brigham Young and his band of Mormon pioneers arrived in the Salt Lake Valley. To commemorate the event, Salt Lake City holds an annual Days of 47 parade and festival. It’s also Pioneer Day, an official Utah state holiday, which is designed to celebrate ALL who came to the Salt Lake […]
Like a truculent toddler throwing a temper tantrum, I behaved badly today. I couldn’t sleep last night so I ultimately decided I might as well get up and go run. That may have been a huge mistake. Akin to Shakira’s song, my hips didn’t lie in telling me this was a bad idea. They were […]
Below is the course overview provided in the runners information packet for tomorrow’s Big Sky Marathon. I’m not great at math… as repeatedly evidenced by my ongoing attempts to relearn Algebra I and II to help stave off memory loss. I’m… not great at solving for X. Or Y. And Z? Forget about it. But […]