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Make mine an Ultra!(-Diet)
Welcome to the season of EATING. Bring it on, I’m ready! In preparation for the holidays and upcoming Disney Double, more than six weeks ago I embarked on an eating experiment called simply enough, the UltraSimple Diet (http://ultrasimplediet.com/is/home?UID=1086143). I bought the book on Amazon but you can download from the site for free if you […]
Following the Conversation (1974)
My torn Achilles’ tendon renders stairs a nuisance and the act of running on them the forbidden fruit and the promised land simultaneously. But that’s not true for you now is it? Enjoy! Stairs anyone? The Conversation (1974) was known as much for the editing techniques of Walter Murch as for the direction of Frances […]
Abbotts Lagoon: an ice bath for your feet
Hurting cowgirls need to to make their days off from running count. Miles of the turbulent ice bath known as the Pacific Ocean provide ample options for Bay Area residents but Abbotts Lagoon at Point Reyes National Seashore is a particularly dreamy spot. The ever present California crowds, intimidated by the hour and half […]
Hill Park
A necklace of the white marble fragments of broken headstones are worn like talismans by the west side walkways of Buena Vista Park: evocative of a pioneer past, when this small mountain was known as Hill Park, and bodies were allowed to be buried on San Francisco soil. But in 1900 Board Supervisors voted to […]
Run for Coffee
In the need of a bit of motivation for your next run? Run for Coffee!! The extra bonus of a tasty cup of jo might be just the trick to nudge you out of bed on a cold wet dark morning. Iphone app Coffeespot helps you find an indie coffee shop near by or […]
In the footsteps of Giants’ (fans)
Want to relive this jubilent week of civic pride? Take a run down the route of the World Series Victory parade along Market Street, starting at the Ferry Building and turning in toward Civic Center Plaza at 7th. Just don’t forget to wear your orange and black! I’ll admit to an appalling lack of knowledge […]
Graton (i think i can, i think i can)
Following the tracks of the once vital Petaluma and Santa Rosa Railway (P&SR) are the The West County and Joe Rodota Trails, a fitting location for my first day after post-18 mile run with my i think i can, i think i can mantra chugging through the miles with disbelief. Transversing the apple orchards and […]
Faster than a speeding bullet (train)
Long distance running reduces a city: the easy pace of a runner distills the urban fabric until the delicious essence of what was always there becomes visible again. My legs, my breath take the topography in like a meditation, understanding beyond intellect. The misty fog of the morning, the undulating hills of long-buried dunes, […]
Goofy to run the Goofy
What do you do when you win the grand prize of your running club raffle, even when the grand prize is the entry fee for a race you don’t really want to run? When you signed up for the New York Marathon, and actually got in, but decided not to go because you just […]
MainE Marathon (OK, the half)
The morning of the Maine Marathon was delicious cool (boysenberry ice cream in July): 45C at the start, bright, blue sky with autumn color splashes, dark cobalt sea blinking in and out of view reminding me of my former life in Boston. I ran my pace like a clock: thanks to the relatively flat course, cool […]