I ran pretty well to the next major checkpoint which comes at about 28 miles. It was nice to run on the flat C&O trail, in the cool fall air and with the river keeping me company. The only nagging thing was that my GPS watch was telling me I was a mile further than the aid ...
Even though the Snow Queen suddenly returns, she and her palace melt away with the coming of spring. Gerda and Kay are taken first by Bucky Boy to the Finnish woman, who takes them further on their journey home in her dog sled. The Lapland woman takes them further in her boat, and ...
I blew up my patchy attempt at childhood ,such as it wasn’t and ran .(“ Engage in three-two-…..“) I ever so valiantly attempted to forget every sneering pock marked face, every cruel aside , swift fingered don’t tell assault and wiped every number except my own. (“You, my...
5. Family. This is just like your friends. If you are the first ones to have kids get ready. I have been left on vacations with my children , while the other women in the family have gone out shopping because I am the only with children. Your family does not understand why you migh...
I ran one of the worst races in my short competitive career, out on Long Island. Some of life’s greatest gifts come in the form of being kicked in the teeth, and this was no exception. During this race I had the epiphany that I needed to have: I wasn’t ever going to run an ...
Anyway, we ran our heater on many nights but speaking for myself I am a wimp when it comes to cold, others may be more tolerant. We still recommend that you take light jackets and layers. It wasn’t until we were in La Paz, which is pretty far south, in mid-March that it began...
I ran the first conservatively, as I always do, to see how I was feeling. 4:15. But I knew I could do a little harder. The next six were: 4:11, 4:10, 4:12, 4:11, 4:11, 4:10. Rests were 1:28-1:50. I attacked those repeats likeBoom Boom Mancini. This gives me some...
In one city, I do not remember where, I actually got off the train leaving my bags…..I KNOW I KNOW….and ran to punch because I had forgotten…I told a young American couple, “I am about to do something stupid. I am going to leave my bags right here while I RUN to that lit...
take a wrong turn that lands them in the realm of the spirits, where they are surrounded by trickster spirits who aren’t so keen on human trespassers, with no obvious way out, to Samia Fakih at First Second, for publication in spring 2025, by Jennifer Laughran at Andrea Brown Literary...
The thoughts, notes and general witterings on life in the Isle of Skye (though no longer so new!)