It was a good day today. At least the start was good. I hit the road early and had 20 miles in before 10am. But it was no use, the […]
Leaving the Columbia – 10 days in…
I can’t sleep. You would think that running all day would give me a sound night of sleep. Usually it does. But it is now 4:30 in the morning. Maybe […]
Running East
…sometime I will add a post about how the idea of running across the country started rattling around in my head. And a post about others who have done it. […]
Post Orcas Island 50k Shuffle
My gait is awkward, stilted, unsteady and just plain tired. I do everything I can to minimize how far I have to walk and breathe shallow careful breaths hoping that my […]
Ron Herzog 50k Run (‘Tanks a lot!’)
It was a very good weekend. This was my second time running the Ron Herzog 50k memorial run and also my first long run since Angel’s Staircase 50k back in […]
Annapurna Circuit Recap
How to write up ~10 days fast-packing the Annapurna Circuit? One strategy was to wait for Scotty to post his story. After being back in the states for a few […]
Changing Adventures – Nepal
Trying to wrap up one adventure and start another one here. This post marks the tail end of 23 days with 14 undergraduates from University of Washington. We just finished […]
Annapurna Base Camp
Just a short note here to say all is well. We had a beautiful walk yesterday up the valley toward Machhapuchhre Base Camp which is almost 12,000ft. We are now […]
Annapurna Sanctuary Check-in
Just a quick note from deep in the Annapurna Sanctuary. Should be at Base Camp in a couple days. 14 undergrad students are doing great! More later – using sat […]
Angel’s Staircase 50k Run
Another great run directed by James Varner from Rain Shadow Running. Kelly and I signed up a couple weeks ago, knowing it would be a bit of a suffer-fest because […]