A long time ago in a blog post far, far away, I wrote about how slow and steady wins the race. I was making the point that often in life it can…
Category: Running & Health
Day 299: Notes from the Snow (Part 2)
Today I am sharing some more notes I wrote the day after I returned from our Desolation Wilderness one-nighter in the snow. Consider this a continuation of yesterday’s post: As I lay…
Day 298: Notes from the Snow (Part 1)
Yesterday I got back from my backpacking trip with my brother. We went to the Desolation Wilderness directly above Lake Tahoe, and ended up only staying one night instead of two… because…
Day 295: Off on a back-packing trip!
This morning I am going off on a back-packing trip with my brother. I wrote about the last one I took with him. We’re not straying too far from where we were…
Day 281: I love my personal eating routine
Today I learned how much I love my personal eating routine, namely because today my routine was completely turned on its head. I had a couple of early appointments: one a rehearsal,…
Day 265: Thoreau, Astute Nature Writer and Lover of Ponds
If you know much about Thoreau, you are may be used to thinking of him, as I have, as a reformist philosopher, the conscientious objector who sees through the flaws of society…
Day 257: The Man Who Taught Me to Think for Myself
Way back in the day, when I was first applying to college, I wrote a college entrance essay quoting a book that impacted me greatly at the time. This book was “Walden,”…
Day 227: After the Ecstasy…
You know how when you have an awesome experience, where everything just works great, sometimes going “back” to your life afterward, where everything else isn’t automatically so transcendent, can be annoying!? It’s…
Day 226: My Magical Running Journey Takes a “Lucky” Turn
Today, I ran the Shamrock’n Half Marathon in Sacramento. I got the best pace I have ever had for a run longer than ten miles, and I finished my half marathon in…
Day 225: A little goes a long way for me
I have written a few times about being highly sensitive. I have learned to honor this quality in my daily life. For example, although I consider myself very people- and performance-oriented (after…