Back from the Break

(or, How I Spent My Summer Vacation) From the week of Memorial Day through the week of Independence Day, my … Continue reading Back from the Break

Recovery, Runs

Forty and Fractured

So … funny story: 48 hours after turning 40, I joined some friends for an evening run only to have one split-second decision impact the next few weeks of my life. I took an unplanned step off of the sidewalk, rolled my left foot and subsequently broke my ankle. Continue reading Forty and Fractured

Hikes

The Road to Rainier: There And Back Again

My family relocated from Cincinnati to Seattle for a brief time in the mid-1980s. My parents packed up me, my infant sister, and our West Highland Terrier into the family Astrovan and we proceeded to make the drive from Ohio to Washington. It was my first taste of cross-country adventure, my first exposure to our National Parks, and my first introduction to the true size and scope of these United States of America. Continue reading The Road to Rainier: There And Back Again