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Views from two wheels: 2013 Chicago Marathon

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Views from two wheels. Running, biking, writing . endings, beginnings, clarity . and insomnia-induced brain emptying. October 24, 2013. It was another great adventure with friends, and a tribute to those that selflessly give their time to support others. There were two final turns to the finish I could picture in my head from The Spirit of the Marathon. Movie, the right turn leading us up a small hill before making the left toward home. Waves of cheers did their best to drown out "My Thanksgiving". Playi...

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Views from two wheels: Happy Birthday Mom

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Views from two wheels. Running, biking, writing . endings, beginnings, clarity . and insomnia-induced brain emptying. January 29, 2015. Today is my mom's birthday. Her 80th. One of those nice round numbers that makes it mean something more. Every time you venture into another decade, somehow everything feels a little different, even if you are just 24 hours older than when you woke up the safe side of calendar marker. Imaginary or not, 40 does seem older than 39, 50 older than 49. I am eternally grateful...

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Views from two wheels: Father's Day

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Views from two wheels. Running, biking, writing . endings, beginnings, clarity . and insomnia-induced brain emptying. June 15, 2014. I see in him my critical thinking, not satisfied with the trite answer. He gave me my love of books, though it did take a while to sink in. I see in him my belief in the system, as flawed as it may be at times. That it is not this separate entity, but an amalgamation of all of us, and that it fails principally when we don't take part. Sunday, June 15, 2014. Help support a p...

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Views from two wheels: The edge of comfort

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Views from two wheels. Running, biking, writing . endings, beginnings, clarity . and insomnia-induced brain emptying. May 13, 2014. The edge of comfort. It is bike to work month, and if you can believe it, the weather is wonderful. Now, I have definitely gone over the line a few times. After the stair climb in November, it felt like I was breathing glass and my stomach was flipping for a good hour. At the end of the hike back from Delta Lake. My body shook and brain swam as I held on to the truck bumper ...

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Views from two wheels: Merry Christmas

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Views from two wheels. Running, biking, writing . endings, beginnings, clarity . and insomnia-induced brain emptying. December 25, 2014. The Christmas season has extended to more than a month these days. At once I rail against it backing up into Thanksgiving, and in the next breath I wonder where the time went. I wish I could be there in person to wish you a Merry Christmas, but you will be with me in (Christmas) spirit. Thursday, December 25, 2014. Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom). Pause, Pray, Breathe.

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Views from two wheels: Falling forward

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Views from two wheels. Running, biking, writing . endings, beginnings, clarity . and insomnia-induced brain emptying. September 29, 2014. Continuing the trend of one foot in front of another, baby steps. It has felt good to get outside and moving again, even at a slower pace. Beyond clearing my head and stretching my tense body, the simple habit feels good after drifting lately. Just following through on something so simple - you have to start somewhere. Not a finish line, but maybe a starting line.

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Views from two wheels: (Dis)connected

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Views from two wheels. Running, biking, writing . endings, beginnings, clarity . and insomnia-induced brain emptying. July 15, 2014. Everyone needs a little time away. We returned to a place we have been going for a couple of decades, the Cle Elum River. When we first started going, the roads were unpaved, rules were few, and nearby Rosalyn had not been converted to an Alaskan town for Northern Exposure. I hadn't been in a number of years. I was gone for a few, and schedules didn't work out in the ye...

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Views from two wheels: Walking path

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Views from two wheels. Running, biking, writing . endings, beginnings, clarity . and insomnia-induced brain emptying. September 23, 2014. From The Unlikely Pilgrimage of Harold Fry by Rachel Joyce. I slipped on some headphones and fired up the latest U2 album. The album had been given away free to all iTunes users as a promotional stunt at the latest Apple launch. I won't be buying an iPhone any time soon, but was happy to walk away with a little bystander swag. So instead of trying to run, I walked.

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Views from two wheels: Off the Beaton path

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Views from two wheels. Running, biking, writing . endings, beginnings, clarity . and insomnia-induced brain emptying. August 26, 2013. Off the Beaton path. I just spent five days out in the woods, off the grid, away from it all and back to nature. It was wonderful and painful. Ready to head out. Big packs, enormous tree. Cherie look to where we were headed. The trail went near vertical at times. Lots of tight squeezes. After one final difficult section we were at the lake. Unfortunately we had anothe...

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Views from two wheels: Subtraction and addition

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Views from two wheels. Running, biking, writing . endings, beginnings, clarity . and insomnia-induced brain emptying. November 11, 2014. Sort of last minute, I had the whole week off. One benefit of working all the crazy hours of tax season (which seems to stretch out to nine months) is getting to bank a little comp time for when it slows down. I have a few weeks saved up, and to work around other people's vacations, I was told to take last week off. Doing It is NaNoWriMo. Tuesday, November 11, 2014.