When I learned there was a trail going the length of Cañon de Río Lobos, I knew I wanted to run it. Luckily I got a chance early in May.
Back in the early spring, while it was hot but not too hot, I got it in my head that I should head to Casa de Campo to write. It was a confluence of events really. I had been doing most of my writing during my lunch break, which I normally take in a small, …
I love running with music. There have even been times that I postponed my run to charge my headphones or phone just enough to make it through the run. Pretty sad, huh? It wasn’t always this way. Once upon a time, I never ran with music. Never. In fact, not only did I not run …
While I am no stranger to the metaphorical darkness of Simon & Garfunkel, lately, I’ve been confronting a more physical darkness. (What? That’s not even possible.) Okay, so the not-quite-physical-but-also-not-metaphorical darkness I’m confronting is exercising before sunrise. I’ve never really had a problem getting up early and heading out in the pre-dawn or earlier hours …
Thanks to Merriam-Webster, I know that the word “outlier” has several meanings, but none really fit me, just like almost every pair of pants I’ve ever owned. Let’s examine these pant-like definitions a little closer: A person whose residence and place of business are at a distance. I live quite close to the center of …