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Second Place
Second Place

There was the discernible tone of disappointment in the voice of Jeanne Gang for just a brief moment.  Her voice caught on the words, “second place” as she described the outcome of her bid for a major commission.    Jeanne Gang is one of a handful of female archi-stars in the architecture world (two to be […]

~ Squeaky Clean!
 ~  Squeaky Clean!

As a woman of many diets, I’ll try pretty much any diet/cleanse once, if for no other reason that to see what might happen next.  By treating my body as a science experiment, I can understand how the diet works first hand.  The proof is right there, and there can be no denying.  There is […]

You can do it.
You can do it.

We all have our mottos for the hard part of a run, when we need a little psychological boast-chant-mantra.  Mine has always been “You can do it” as if I am a cheerleader, on the side lines cheering for someone else.  “You can do it”, like the little engine that could.  You can do it, […]

Tahoe
Tahoe

5, 4, 3, 2, 1…… Lift off!  16 weeks to Portland.  I feel  disconnected,  distant.  I look at my calendar and negotiate.  I had earlier running schedules that started at 18 weeks but they came and went, a blur of summer festivities and wine and reasons to skip that fourth and fifth work out.  But […]

Half Moon Bay Half: road race for trail runners
Half Moon Bay Half: road race for trail runners

I had originally envisioned my Half Moon Bay Half as graduation day of Phase 1 of the Donna Schumacher Goofy Challenge Training Plan, testing out the train less-but-fast philosophy which I did and I was.  ~ So there!   It was such a “pretty” race, what with a route along the cliffs above the Pacific […]

Take 2: Double Disney
Take 2: Double Disney

Once upon a time, I eagerly showed up at my running club for the Disney raffle, hoping for a pink T-shirt with the word “princess” written in rhinestones across the front. Instead,  I came home with an entry ticket to the Goofy Challenge, a half marathon followed by a marathon, back to back with only […]

Icon Run: Chrissy Field
Icon Run: Chrissy Field

Whatever else you might want to say about former President Clinton, he did know what to do with a well endowed military (wink wink).   His decision to transfer large portions of Army land to the National Park Service gave San Francisco access to an incredible stretch of land with a drop dead iconic view […]