The Tao of Me

We had our annual summer picnic at work today which included a little 5K race!
A couple of weeks ago I’d gone out to run Shoreline to map out a 3.1 mile course and came up with this course, which perfectly looped our picnic site:

Some photos I took from the mapping run:

* View from the course [...]

This is long overdue.
Since I’m running the Portland Marathon this October, I decided to drive the course when I visited the area last month. I printed out the map posted on their Web site and ventured out with my aunt. She drove while I stuck my Flip Camera out the window and recorded. Seriously.
We started [...]

I had such a great time on my vacation and I’m so sad that its over. While I usually take a summer and winter trip to see the Vancouver relatives, this time there was a specific purpose — to spend some time with my cousin Jenna.

Jenna graduated from WSU in the Spring with a Masters [...]

While waking up at 6:30 am is sleeping in for me, its not for everyone else. Chip and I were the only ones up (actually its 10:30 am and we’re still the only ones up….) so I decided to take him out for a walk.
The mere mention of the work “walk” gets him all riled [...]

First let me start by saying Happy Thursday! Only 2 more days to the weekend!
If you’ve read my blog from 2 Springs ago, you will know that I am a huge fan, HUGE fan of Sex and the City. When the SATC movie came out in May 2008, I was in heaven! My cousin and [...]

Its no secret that 2 of my most favorite things are baseball and running…

So last week, when I sat down to plan my Spring vacation, I found myself in a bit of dilemma between choosing to travel to New Orleans on Feb 28th for the Mardi Gras Rock n Roll Half Marathon or to Scottsdale, [...]

1. I learned that I should not wear my Anti-Up shirt in Vegas…no wonder I got so many strange comments…

2. I learned that there’s Filipino fast food in Vegas. I can’t wait to bring my cousins here!

3. I learned that I have a serious addiction to crepes…had one at least every day in Vegas…savory and [...]