The kids and I saw the University of Oregon’s Women’s basketball team play today. It was fun, though I find sporting events to be a bit on the loud side anymore. Earplugs help. A few snaps from the day below were taken with my new Lumix GM-1, a fun little camera to figure out. Fall is still here! One of the concourse photo walls . . . . Ball in flight . . .
Determined:
He’s a local legend in these parts. Info on him can be found on Wikipedia and other places. Out on this morning’s run, the first with my running group in just over a year, I went out on the trail named after him. On a post was a little figure, an “overseer” of sorts. The run was slow as I’m still recovering from last week’s 16 miler. I did get to run with Paul though – the elder statesman of our group at age 83 (!). He’s a wonderful guy and several of us ran with him for a few miles. This group has been and is a gift in my life, for sure. Looking forward to more runs with them as the vaccine…
Well, this year has been quite a year for me in terms of my running. I started 2018 coming off of rehabbing a broken ankle, setting a goal of running 1000 miles and competing in a few races. In many ways I far exceeded my modest goals and in other ways I didn’t. All in all it was a positive year for me. The breakdown: 901 miles run. My goal was 1000 miles, but a broken elbow late this year slowed me down a bit. Completed my 12th Half Marathon Ran an under 2 hour half marathon Ran my first 30k Trail Run Ran an 18 Mile Trail Run Found a running group (or rather they found me?). Either way this has been the…