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• Looking Back: July

  

  Looking back at this blog, I noticed that I am generally posting only a couple times a month, one of them being the "looking back" theme. Ah, well, such is... Read more

  Posted on 04 August 2015 TRAVEL

• The Big One Elizabeth

  

  Eleanor Roosevelt said to, "Do something every day that scares you". In less than 24 hours, I will be toeing the line of the Tahoe Rim Trail 100 mile trail race. Read more

  Posted on 17 July 2015 TRAVEL

• Looking Back: June

  

  June was a whirlwind of a month full of good friends and some travel and lots of money hemorrhaging! Yup, you heard me right. June was not a happy month for my... Read more

  Posted on 08 July 2015 TRAVEL

• Looking Back: May

  The fact that this post is being done on June 11th pretty much indicates how my month of May/June have been going. I feel like I am swimming underwater and I... Read more

  Posted on 11 June 2015 TRAVEL

• Fizzy Friday

  At work we always call Fridays "fizzy Friday", since the end of the week has the normal everyday tasks as well as the wrap up tasks for the week. It is a day... Read more

  Posted on 08 May 2015 TRAVEL

• Looking Back: May

  Dear May. You are my favorite month. You are the month of flowers and of long days spent outside where it is just the right temperature. You are the month of... Read more

  Posted on 01 May 2015 TRAVEL

• Gorge Waterfall 100k

  

  A couple of weekends ago, a group of us traveled up to Portland for the Gorge Waterfall race. This race had two distances: 50k and 100k. The 100k is an out and... Read more

  Posted on 13 April 2015 TRAVEL

• Looking Back: March

  

  Just like that, March is gone and we are back in the month of April again. Before you know it, my birthday will be here and then summer and then baseball... Read more

  Posted on 10 April 2015 TRAVEL

• Currently: March

  Current Book - Allegiant. I am nearly finished. I also just finished the Vacationers (bleh) and started Tiny Beautiful Things. Current Running Path - It is... Read more

  Posted on 25 March 2015 TRAVEL

• Friday Recap

  The high of my week was a nice dinner out with my team from work. We have a deal with our boss; if we make a certain amount of money in one month, he springs fo... Read more

  Posted on 20 March 2015 TRAVEL

• Summer Flurries

  

  Some things fill up fast in the summer and lately I have been in a mood to plan. This means the summer weekends are nearly all booked! Read more

  Posted on 17 March 2015 TRAVEL

• Random Ramblings

  - The other day I was walking to the bus stop and my bus cruised right past me, about two minutes early. This bus goes from Oakland, where I live, to San... Read more

  Posted on 11 March 2015 TRAVEL

• Friday Fun

  

  The high of my week was a nice dinner out with friends who are soon moving across the country! It's been too long since I have seen them and it was great to... Read more

  Posted on 06 March 2015 TRAVEL

• Looking Back: February

  

  February was a strange month; to summarize: it was short, I did not run much, and it did not rain. We were lucky to have very nice weather compared to some of... Read more

  Posted on 03 March 2015 TRAVEL

• Europe 2014: Munich

  

  Last year, as I have mentioned, I rewarded myself with a trip to Europe after passing my exams for work. I never really got around to posting anything, as that... Read more

  Posted on 25 February 2015 TRAVEL

• Monday, Fun Day

  Dear Monday -- Please go away. You are not as fun to play with as Saturday. Dear Sleep -- Why have you abandoned me? We had such a great time on Friday night,... Read more

  Posted on 23 February 2015 TRAVEL

• Lazy List Day

  I am taking the lazy way out today and copying one of my favorite bloggers by doing a quick recap of the week, TGIF style. The highlight of my week was my... Read more

  Posted on 20 February 2015 TRAVEL

• Jed Smith 50k

  

  Last year, after running the Jedediah Smith 50k, I said to myself that I probably would not run this race again and that I would rather, "sit in the sun and... Read more

  Posted on 11 February 2015 TRAVEL

• Looking Back: January

  

  Although January is a symbol of a new year, and you can essentially wipe clean the slate and start over, it is still one of  my least favorite months. Read more

  Posted on 09 February 2015 TRAVEL

• The Kick Off

  

  This weekend kicks off a new season of racing that I thought I was ready for but now I am not so sure. (You thought I was going to be talking about football,... Read more

  Posted on 02 February 2015 TRAVEL