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Last Run of the Year

Last Run of the Year

I’ve been working out fairly well over the holidays, but mostly indoors on the elliptical. I got outdoors today, the last day of the year. It was a gorgeous day. The deep snow was slow and exhausting, but I got in six miles. I have big running plans for 2023 that include three marathons. I can’t run a marathon just yet, but it’s still 2022. I’m making the most of 2022’s final day. A friend is…

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Christmas, for me...

Christmas, for me…

“Hello. Oh, it’s for you, dear.” Christmas, for me, started early in the month, on some weekend when I watched Girlfriend Cult perform Christmas songs. It was my stage job to watch Margot Fey. This was when it started to feel like Christmas to me. So, like anyone else on holiday, I began drinking eggnog every day from my moose tumbler. I didn’t need anything for Christmas and failed in my task…

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Craft Shopping for Christmas

Craft Shopping for Christmas

The thing about day drinking is you hope you don’t run into anyone you know. That Shoes and Brews also has a retail outlet where they sell running gear, lends plausible deniability as to one’s motives for attending the establishment. That she was exiting the bar door as I was entering the bar entrance erodes some of that delusional story. I’m certain Beth and Ken were Christmas shopping for local…

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A Slow, Late Fall Run

A Slow, Late Fall Run

The danger in running the East Boulder Trail is the full sun exposure. In the cold air that welcomes winter, the full sun exposure is nature’s gift that supports running in shorts and a long-sleeved t-shirt. The brown-on-brown fields were soft and gentle, when they weren’t pure mud from the melting snow. The neighborhood 5K turkey trot yesterday was fun. I’d been planning to go into Thanksgiving…

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November Runs

Depending on where the texture of the snow sits on the melting spectrum, sometimes it’s like running on a sandy beach. Exhausting. Glad I got out this weekend though, despite the temperatures. November is the month to get acclimated to the cold air. It was shorts and sweatshirt running weather this weekend. I even started out wearing gloves the first mile on Saturday. The trail was lit by such a…

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Tech Debt

Musk borrowed $13B to buy Twitter for a total of $44B, but that’s not what tech debt is. Software developers use the term in various ways, referring to either features or bugs or unsupported software and systems. I think it’s a relevant term to understand in the debate on how Musk is killing Twitter. I would argue the $13B is debt, while hemorrhaging advertisers, will be enough to kill Twitter.…

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The Runner's Field of Battle

The Runner’s Field of Battle

I have a death plan. I bet you don’t have one of those. I’m not talking about a living will, although I sort of think death plan would be a more apt name for those documents. I’m referring to my grand exit strategy. I know that dwelling on such thoughts is morbid. And I can lean melancholy at times, but I’m goal oriented. I had a really good six mile run today and I still feel the vigor from the…

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Stealin’ from God

Karen and I spent a couple of days in Buena Vista, researching potential retirement ideas. I’m interested in someplace with trails. We took the interstate instead of Hwy 285 because it offered more options for lunch. We drove into October clouds at Loveland pass and soon found ourselves in a whiteout of sleet. Winter comes early to the mountains. *** Colorado Trail *** I first drove to this…

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A New Start

Celebrating a new start at Tortugas Life starts at sixty. Everyone knows that. Which is why I had heart surgery a week ago, quit my job, and plan to go trail running next week in the Collegiate Peaks. I’m focused on new beginnings. My heart 2.0 has been operating fairly smoothly since the ablation. I track it throughout the day with the fourth frontier EKG chest strap that displays metrics to…

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Baby Margot Birthday

Kitty Cat One of the first words baby Margot learned to speak was Kitty Cat. So, the Aristocat themed cake with the kitty Marie seemed appropriate. Look at me Eric was giving me a mile-by-mile summary of his advance from middle of the pack to finishing first place in the recent Run Rabbit Run 100 mile ultra when Margot reminded us who this party was for. Hold me! Eric and I were discussing…

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The City of Flowers

The City of Flowers

Vista 18 You spend thirty-five years with someone and you probably have a few things in common. A few things you both like to do. Places you both like to go. You likely have different favorite children but for everything else, you think alike. For Karen and me, it’s Victoria BC. We love coming here. We celebrated our anniversary last night at a swanky restaurant perched atop a tall hotel…

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Dog Park by the Sea

Dog Park by the Sea

Sentier Transcanadien Point zero on the Trans Canada Trail (AKA Sentier Transcanadien) starts in Victoria BC. Literally a couple of miles from my condo along the coast. I know because I was there today. Just past St. Ann’s Academy and through the middle of Beacon Hill Park. This initial 4.5 mile section is termed the Dallas Road Waterfront. I didn’t have to cut through Beacon Hill Park, but…

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The Lane of Pain

The Lane of Pain

Saturday morning, 100 miles earlier According to tribal history, the Ute people have roamed the lands of the Routt National Forest since the beginning of time. They were the first peoples to inhabit Colorado and eons before they adopted the horse from the Spanish, they formed the first human Colorado mountain trails. This weekend, Eric and Anthony relied upon the Ute spirits to give them…

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Run Rabbit Run

I ran four and a half miles yesterday, my first exercise beyond walking in the last two weeks.  It felt so good.  The soreness in my legs this morning is a welcome sign that I’m back on track to train for a marathon.  Maybe not an October marathon anymore, but one while I am still sixty.  I have until next April. I met with my cardiologist Friday and she assured me my heart is healthy.  She…

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Wild Horses

Summer is over. This weekend’s weather was meant for running. I sat on the couch this morning with the doors wide open so that my one dog who doesn’t like to go outdoors when the grass is wet from the overnight rain could enjoy the cool air. I’ll meet with a cardiologist next Friday. She’ll review what I’ve already seen with my untrained eyes. The anomalous electro cardiogram readings. Video…

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The Day Running Died

The Day Running Died

The last twenty-four hours have done their best to kill running as I know it. First, a local running hero for me, who regularly runs extreme, elite events around the world, who writes a top-rated running blog and is invited to those world class events all-expenses-paid because of her influence, who does everything I’ver ever wanted to do as a runner and for that is my hero, fell down while…

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Boulder Marathon Training - Week One

Boulder Marathon Training – Week One

Yesterday, I completed week one of yet another ten week plan to prep for the Boulder Marathon. I’ve been down this road before. Seems like just last year I trained for this marathon with only ten weeks of running. There’s more riding on this one though. This time around, I’ll be running a marathon at sixty years of age. Like last year, I’m not starting completely out-of-shape. Last year I’d been…