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Surgical support, trail running and a birthday

Posted on October 13, 2025

My brother had to have a detached retina put back in place and to be honest, I admire his grit through this one. I learned more about eyes than I knew and learned more about my brother than I knew too. This required some trips up to Seattle to see him through and I managed to get in a few trail runs in the Issaquah Alps trails system, a set of trails just east of Seattle in the Cascade Mountain foothills. Plus running with my regular “Noon Group,” along with the recent trail race, the Rainbow Ridge 20k. My brother, pre-surgery under a wonderful warm air-filled blanket. Cozy and comfy is part of the prep! Tiger Mountain is part of the Issaquah Alps and…

Symmetry & Time

Posted on September 12, 2025

Symmetry: The baseball season is ending around here as is the heat of summer. Baseball has a symmetry to it: 9 innings, 3 outs per half inning, 3 sets of 3 innings, 27 outs, 90 feet between bases. A lazy, easy, relaxed nature where the players don’t conquer space but work to “go home.” A game where the defense starts with the ball; where tension and release is built in on every pitch. It’s a beautiful game, really. Time: Taking a day out to run over ten miles in the woods around waterfalls with a friend you’ve known for over 40 years is a good way to spend time. I hope everyone has the blessing of a friendship that lasts a good long time.…

June = graduation, running, & family

Posted on June 13, 2025

June has struck! We have a graduate and I’ve been running a good bit lately in a local trail series. This will come to an end near the end of the month as travel ensues for a bit. Jonah graduated from South Eugene High School last week! It was a good ceremony and now summer is here . . . My brother, Jonah’s Uncle Larry, came down from Seattle for the events. It was good to have him with us for these several days. I’ve been running in the Emerald City Trail Series again this year up on and near Mt. Pisgah. The races are on Thursday evenings, with distances as short as 3.7 miles and as long as 8 miles. Once again, they…

Birthday & running

Posted on April 29, 2025

It’s been a while! Finally I am getting around to posting some new images of late. Yes, I had a birthday which corresponded with the Eugene Marathon. We had 14,000 runners doing all three races: 5k, half-marathon and marathon. Plus I went around the sun once more. This time I decided to run 61 kilometers over 6 days: 10k per day for five days and 11k on the sixth. Yes, I was tired by the end of the week. I still am. 🙂 Some photos below My running pal Molly and I working the Big Timber Running Club’s booth at the Marathon Expo. At kilometer 60, a nice runner took a group photo of me with the UO Noon Runners group. We run every…

Sports & bagels & recovery

Posted on March 23, 2025

Running long takes it out of me and I usually forget this part of the process . . . so it is! Nora is playing softball, & my friend Cleven joined the UO Noon Runners group for our run this weekend (and it is because of Cleven that I got connected with this group) and almost every weekend I head up to the local amazing bagel shop, Lox, Stock and Bagels, to gather a baker’s dozen for the coming week. Today was no exception. At bat Cleven has this way of disarming everyone he meets by yelling a hearty, “Good Morning!” as we pass by. Running is fun and Cleven brings that in spades. Freshly made daily. Lox, Stock and Bagels is the place…