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Tuesday, November 25, 2008
Presidential Inauguration 1993
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Labels: North America, Travel, USA
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Sunday, October 26, 2008
Palo Duro Trail Run 2008
Last weekend I went to Palo Duro Canyon outside of Amarillo, Texas, for a trail run. The canyon, sometimes called the Grand Canyon of Texas is located at the head waters of one fork of the Red River, is approximately 120 miles long and ranges from 6 to 20 miles in width. I think I have seen the canyon from the air
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Labels: Palo Duro, Race Reports, Running, Trail Running
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Sunday, October 12, 2008
Longhorn Ironman 70.3
Last week was the Longhorn (half) Ironman 70.3 in Austin. I signed up for this race earlier in the year, when I thought this would be a focus race. But then an injury earlier in the year changed my schedule. Partly due to FOMO, but mainly cause I
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Labels: Bike, Race Reports, Running, Triathlon
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Thursday, October 02, 2008
Big Bend Weekend
Last March (2008), I took a trip to Big Bend National Park. Just me and my camera.
Once upon a time, before the age of digital cameras (i.e. the late 1990’s), I used to be a regular amateur photographer. Most of my vacations
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Labels: North America, Travel, USA
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Monday, September 08, 2008
Peru Trek 2008 - Chaskiq Nunan, Part 1
Earlier this year in May, I took a trip to Peru with a several friends I know from the Rogue trail running programs. The trip was excellently run by the tour company IncaRunners. It involved some sightseeing, and a week of trekking and mountain running
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Labels: Peru, Running, South America, Trail Running, Travel
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Wednesday, August 27, 2008
Rattlesnake
I had my first encounter with a rattlesnake yesterday.
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Labels: Running, Trail Running
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Sunday, August 24, 2008
Pikes Peak Bust 2008
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Labels: Pikes Peak Marathon, Race Reports, Running, Trail Running
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Friday, August 01, 2008
Tibet Trip, Part 3: Everest and Nepal
As I catch up on this blog, let me finish the trip report for last years trip through Tibet arranged through GAP Adventures. The remainder of the trip included a visit to the Everest base camp on the Chinese side, and drive through Nepal to Kathmandu.
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Tuesday, June 24, 2008
Tibet Trip, Part 2
Well, it’s been awhile since I started writing about last year’s trip to Tibet with GAP Adventures. As I approach the 1-year anniversary of this trip, it seemed time to come back to finish the report for the second week before the details slip from my mind. This post covers travels through the rural towns of Tibet.
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Thursday, June 19, 2008
Mexico City
I stopped off in Mexico City over Memorial Day weekend on the way back from spending 2 weeks in Peru. The Peru trip was excellent, but it deserves a few posts of its own when I catch up with this blog. If I had come straight home from Peru, it would have put me in Austin on the Friday before Memorial Day. Since it was a long holiday weekend, I started looking for someplace in South America to add on a side trip while I was in the region. But it was so much more
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Labels: Mexico, North America, Travel
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Sunday, April 13, 2008
Malibu Creek 25K
I visited Los Angeles for a weekend. I saw the Body Worlds exhibit (recommended) and also did the Malibu Creek 25K. The Malibu Creek trail run was in Malibu Creek State Park just outside Los Angeles. The route ran through areas used in the filming of the television show M*A*S*H.
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Labels: Race Reports, Running, Trail Running