It’s easy to feel helpless in this life. I’ve been stuck off and on in cycles of feeling powerless, unable to change the things I care about most. This week, I was reminded again how little I matter. Many of us watched state after state turn either blue or red on an electoral map. While each American […]
My nutrition battle: trying to face the facts
It’s easy to own my running shortcomings. I haven’t done enough hard workouts. My daily and weekly mileage has dropped off. I’m not completing the workouts I could finish earlier this year. But accepting the reality that I fight a daily nutrition battle is much tougher. In the past, I’ve been on a pendulum across […]
First California impressions: the weather lives up to the hype
I’ve been in California for 10 days. Here are my first California impressions, in no order of importance. No. 1: The weather is amazing. Who would think that San Diego, a place with average yearly temperature of less than 70 degrees, would have nice weather all 10 days so far? Of course the weather is […]
Don’t fence me in: the move out to the west coast
I can still see the VHS boxset I cherished as a child. Three movies and a fourth tape equivalent of current-day bonus features. Roy Rogers, whom I wanted to become desperately, in movies like “Don’t Fence Me In,” and “San Fernando Valley.” I loved those movies, and I watched them until the tape was worn […]
Feeling the pre-move jitters, a familiar sensation for a runner
I know this feeling. I’m tired, but I can’t quite sleep. My stomach has butterflies trapped inside, and I’m hungry but don’t like the sound of any particular food. I have the pre-move jitters, which feel a lot like the nervous energy I get the night before a big race. When you break them down, the […]
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