I have put together a summary of over 40 of my best pictures for this year which can be seen below. Some of these I have not shared on this blog. A break between
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It’s been awhile, but now I get back to writing about this trip from 1.5 years ago to Peru. I have been delayed in part because so much happened on that trip it has been difficult to condense into reasonable story.
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The Hokahey 5k, a benefit run for my good friend Dan Keitz to help offset the costs associated with a diagnosis of ALS and CIDP, was held recently. Due to some last minute travel changes, I could not be at the Hokahey 5k race in Austin. So, after hearing there would be runners running the race remotely from Ohio, Vermont, and India, I put on the Buenos Aires International edition the race in honor of Dan on Saturday, Nov 14.
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I traveled to New York to run the marathon a couple of weeks ago. I put myself in the lottery to gain entry early this year before I had decided what I wanted to do for the fall big run. By the time I got entry I was already in the middle of training for the Palo Duro 50k. Since I was not sure if my employment situation would allow me the time off to do this on the following year,
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Last weekend I ran the Palo Duro 50K trail race. There is not much of significance I can say worthy of an interesting race report. So I will keep the description short and just show some of the picture highlights. Those of you who have told me you just look at the pictures and skip the text will like this.
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I would encourage everyone to come run the Hokahey 5k on November 14. This fundraiser is a benefit for my good friend Dan "Dano" Keitz, with whom I have been on several trail running expeditions over the last few years. Dano has been sidelined after
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I signed up for the PCTR Santa Cruz Mountains 29K during a trip to California to visit Yosemite National Park. My training plan for Palo Duro next month called for a long run this weekend, and since I could not run with my training group during the travel, I signed up for this supported race to use as my long training run. The 29K distance was shorter than my training plan called for, so I made plans to get in some extra miles before and after the event.
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This fellow was laying down in the shade on my back patio. At first, from the way it was sprawled out I thought
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My trail running group was meeting last Saturday at Enchanted Rock State Park for a training run. Enchanted rock is an enormous pink granite rock, covering over 600 acres and rising over 400 ft above the surrounding terrain that
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A couple of months ago, and two weeks after the Jemez 50k, I raced in the Hawaii Honu Ironman 70.3 triathlon on the big island. I should clarify a point here for those not so familiar with triathlons. This race should not be confused with the famous Kona Ironman triathlon in October. That other race is the Boston Marathon of triathlons, the big race that many people work hard to qualify for the privilege to participate. I was in a different race that covers part of the
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After some time on the Big Island of Hawaii, I went to Maui for a few days. I did not stay long enough to see the whole island, so I don’t have a lot of story to tell on this island. But I will share a few pictures.
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Last month I visited Volcanoes National Park in Hawaii. The first day’s visit I was with friends and we stopped at several of the overlooks to see the Kilauea Caldera, overlooks of the Kilauea Iki crater, and a walk through the Thurston Lava tube. At the time, areas of active lava flow were not near access points that would allow visitors up close views.
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I was expecting Death Valley National Park to be all flat desert and sand dunes, and so I was surprised to find much more variety of terrain throughout the park. There were salt flats below sea level next to 11,000 ft mountains, sand dunes, and
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I spent a 24 hour period on airplanes and in airports earlier this week returning home from Hawaii. Here are some miscellaneous observations.
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Several of us met Thursday to fly via Dallas to Albuquerque for the Jemez 50 mile or 50k Trail runs. I was in the 50k. It turned out to be the worst day to fly. When we arrived, the pilots hanging out in front of the airport gate warned us that backups caused by weather
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After my stopover at the Guadalupe Mountains last month, I originally was going to check out Big Bend Ranch state park. In this trip I was taking a week and a half to visit some state and national parks for Photography and also to get in some trail runs as part of my Jemez race training. After a long scenic drive I saw the signs said the highway was closed
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A few weeks ago, I took a week and a half vacation touring some state and national parks in the western US began with a stopover in the Guadalupe Mountains National Park. To save travel time, I had gotten flights from Austin to
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The Toughest in Texas 50/20/10 mile trail race is maybe the third or fourth (unrelated) race I have heard of that incorporates a phrase similar to "Toughest in Texas" into its name, and of the ones I have done, it is closest to earning that name.
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