Entries from July 2006

Is This It?

Post 1

This is it.

When next I write, I will have finished the San Francisco Marathon.

In a few moments, I will leave Claire and Whit’s apartment and ride the bus to the race expo. I will pick up my race packet, bib/number, free T-shirt, and other goodies. I will meet my mother soon after to try to [...]


Upping the Ante

Post 2

Chuck and I talked on the phone this evening and we reached a decision.

If we are not striving to qualify for the Boston Marathon, why run at all? Was our training worth nothing? Are we not fit and fast and raring to sink our teeth into this course?

Two hundred and fifty feet of total elevation [...]


The Same Life in a New Place

Post 3

I live in Seattle, in the neighbordhood of Wallingford, in a spacious, airy studio with a great kitchen and wonderful light. I have no fulltime job—I am attempting to support myself as an independent contractor, as a web designer. There is little pressure in my daily life but I become antsy with the lack of [...]