Last weekend I returned to trail races last weekend at the Race to the Altar. This race was put on at the Bluff Creek Ranch in Warda by a couple of friends, Jeff and Cheri, as part of their wedding weekend festivities the day before their wedding.
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Six months ago, while recovering from some medical issues, I decided to sign up for the Livestrong Austin Half Marathon as a walker to give myself a purpose to help motivate me to get out and exercise and work toward a comeback.
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I’ll show here some pictures from several towns which I visited awhile ago in southern Patagonia in between stops at some other amazing places which will deserve their own future posts.
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This time last year I was experiencing Christmas time celebrations in Granada, Nicaragua during the week before the Ultramaraton Fuego y Agua. I happened to arrive during the PurÃsma celebrations. This is a celebration of the Virgin Mary in early December that lasts about 2 weeks.
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Continuing the tale and stream of pictures of last year's trip to Patagonia...
After only one Full day in Bariloche, we boarded a bus to Puerto Varas, Chile. We traveled through a mountain pass over the Andes before stopping at the Chilean customs.
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A few posts ago I described some of my medical drama from this summer. I was touched and am thankful for all those who offered support or words of encouragement through various means after reading that. So perhaps it is time for a quick update for anyone who might still be reading.
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It was almost a year ago that my tour group with Gap flew from Buenos Aires to the city of San Carlos de Bariloche for the start of the tour through Patagonia. The first few days of the tour took us through the Argentina and Chilean Lakes districts in the northern region of Patagonia.
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Just over two years ago I joined some of my trail running friends on an incredible multi-day trail running expedition through the Peruvian Andes. I started writing about this trip before (1, 2) but never managed to finish the story. There was so much experienced that my words
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I arrived in Buenos Aires last November a few days before the start of a 3 week tour through Patagonia with GAP Adventures
. My flight arrived around 8:00am, and I signed up for a ride with a local bus company to drop me off at the hotel for 1/5 the price of a taxi.
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Last November, I had been staying in Buenos Aires for a few days before joining a tour through Patagonia. After reading this New York Times article, I had originally considered an overnight trip to Uruguay’s capital of Montevideo to coincide with the Saturday art markets. However, due to some last minute changes in itinerary, my time in
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