Running with ghosts
I was not the only one entranced by the weird crystal blueness of your eyes
Category Archives: the sporting life
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I’m not your tomboy or your tiny dancer either.
The first person to call me a tomboy was Cathy Lidisky. “Me and Sandy are tomboys, aren’t we?” she said, as if sure of my agreement. We were in sixth […]
The View From My Run: Election Edition
I brought my phone on my daily run so that I could start tracking my progress with the Strava app and also because I live in a beautiful place and […]
When Your Husband Sits Next To A Goddess & Other Rainy Day Baker Thoughts
Originally posted on Caneléfornia:
It’s a rainy day and so I tried to cut the morning walk short but Jake wasn’t having any of it. Come on, I say…
Running as Creative Force or, A Good Start to the Year
I’m not superstitious (much) but if the way the first day of 2016 has unfolded is predictive of the year I will have, then I will have a year where difficult […]
I Can See Your iPod Playlist and I am Quietly Judging You
If you sit or stand next to me on the bus, in line at the grocery store, or at the gym, I will try to peek at your iPod playlist. […]
Getting in Deep: The End of Ski Season
Don’t leave me, I tell him. I won’t, he says. I’ll be right there with you. Because I’m not sure I can do it, I tell him. You can do […]
Follow Me
It’s a mild day, the sunlight lying easily on the olive green hills that I am preparing to run. For a person from the Midwest whose memories are of green […]
To a Triathlete, Dying Young
Barbara Warren competed in the Ironman Triathlon World Championships in Hawaii 13 times, finishing in the top 5 of her age group eight times, and winning her age group in […]
Steep
Not long ago I watched a movie about extreme skiers and snowboarders. I know many good skiers. I know backcountry skiers, skiers who think double black diamonds are a […]
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