September 2009

Now I know why Michael Phelps…

September 14, 2009

Now I know why Michael Phelps eats a gazillion calories (and doesn’t gain any lbs). Swimming makes your famished! Lauren and I wanted to do some cross-training today so my Uncle Rich (who BTW, placed second at the Blackhills Dualthon this past weekend) suggested we go to his gym, 24-Hour Fitness. He had these passes [...]

Tagged as: Shopping, Swimming

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Vacay in Vancouver

September 13, 2009

I’m visiting Vancouver (Washington, not BC) – my home away from home, away from home. Its just across the Columbia River from Portland and about three hours south of Seattle. Total suburbs but beautiful area. I got in late Friday and was supposed to do a 7-mile run on Saturday, but instead, spent the entire [...]

Tagged as: Running, Travel

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The Dish

September 9, 2009

The Dish is a 3.5-mile walking/running trail at Stanford. It runs along side this huge satellite dish (hence the name) and is popular with walkers and ambitious runners. This trail is not for the faint-hearted. Its a great place to practice running hills because, well, its nothing but rolling hills! Trying to run it on [...]

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Just What I Needed…

September 7, 2009

I had a perfect Labor Day weekend. Why? Because I had no plans, nothing scheduled whatsoever. I didn’t have to worry about being late or people waiting for me (as is usually the case). Everything I did was on my own time, at my own leisure. So relaxing. I only had three things I wanted [...]

Tagged as: Cross-Training, Running, Shopping, Swimming

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Back to Running…

September 3, 2009

My past couple of posts have deviated to other topics, but now, back to running. I really enjoyed the Seattle Rock ‘n Roll event – it was fun and very well-organized. They did a good job of keeping us motivated in the months leading up to the race. So it only makes sense to run [...]

Tagged as: Running, Strength Training

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Moloka’i in the NY Times

September 1, 2009

I was born and raised on the little Hawaiian island called Moloka’i. Whenever I talk to people about it, I always refer to it as “my island” which some people seem to get a kick out of. What they don’t understand is that there are only about 7000 people who live there so, yeah, its [...]

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