San Francisco Marathon

"Do you think anyone will show? God, it would be pretty embarrassing if no one did." As we finished cleaning the house Friday night, we both had the same thoughts but the wife spoke first. I replied, "Well, a few of the people are on vacation or out of town. I'm not sure there will be many people coming for breakfast." Turning into the parking lot Saturday morning, only two cars were parked at Ft. Tuthill where this week's group run was scheduled on Soldier's Run -- one of my... Read Full Story

Yea, yea, yea...Sunday I ran twelve miles, felt great, ran fast but decided to stop due to a painful heal. But on to better news...the camera arrived! I do have a life outside of running and that is to serve my wife and keep her happy - just kidding. No, but seriously ...it is... just joking. Seriously. A quick sampling of me installing the art purchased at this week-end's Art Fair. Perfect for our Northern Arizona porch. Is it straight? A little leg and bum to my handy work... Read Full Story

Three weeks into the new running program and the calendar posted upon our refrigerator is getting marked-up with more X's rather than frowny-faces. When a complete row of X's occur, we get to treat ourselves but after this past, full week-end of events, I don't know how we could treat ourselves. What could be possibly left to do? Thai food, movies, group run, long run, Ethnic festival, more movies, barbecue, drinks, shopping, gym, etc. In short, I've been sticking to the running program... Read Full Story

Due to increase mileage and, now, accompanied by commuting by bike to work, I may, just may, have over-extended myself which lead to my spell of congestion, body aches and a killer headache. Probably, sitting on the cold concrete garage floor in shorts and a t-shirt to install new fenders and a carrier rack on my bike didn't help either. Hence, I called in sick to catch-up on sleep and relax from an otherwise stressful work week. It just occurred to me that I haven't taken a sick day in... Read Full Story

(To Terry Jack's, "Seasons in the Sun") Goodbye Her Sweet V Dub Goodbye to you, my trusted friend. We've known each other since we're thirty-seven. Together we drove the streets. Never stopped at Burger King or Mickey D's Greasy fries never found between your seats. Goodbye my friend, it's hard to leave, but all the SUV's cough and choke the air. Now, little cars are everywhere. In the bike lane we'll be there. We had joy, we had fun, we had seasons in the sun. But the gas prices climbed... Read Full Story