Diesel Derailed
Sunday, June 28th, 2009 Posted in Story | 6 Comments »I'm sitting here in Tahoe at 6am Sunday morning outside on our deck, pondering just what went wrong. This one in particular is going to take a while to process and come to grips with. There's still 5 hours to ...
Good Omen
Wednesday, June 24th, 2009 Posted in Story | 1 Comment »Thanks to Audi and their new ad campaign. They're educating the world to a fact watchers of this blog have known all along - that a clean DIESEL is a good diesel. I plan to be doing my part on Saturday ...
Here We Go
Wednesday, June 24th, 2009 Posted in Story, Training | No Comments »My Polar watch/HR Monitor has a feature where you can program a message above the time that counts down to an event. My watch say, "3 WESTERN" - gulp. Lift off to see the sun again (how long has it been ...
Grandma, Western and the Armstrongs
Saturday, June 20th, 2009 Posted in Story | No Comments »Comparing this little romp through the woods I have scheduled for next Saturday to man's first step onto the moon courtesy of Neil Armstrong is like comparing a peck on the cheek from Grandma to your first real kiss. But ...
Hades, Halle and Tweet
Friday, June 12th, 2009 Posted in Story | No Comments »Our race numbers for Western were issued and mine is 171. Now the number 17 is apparently a pretty symbolic prime number with all sorts of religious and zodiac symbolism - at least according to some fairly whacked out web sites ...
Does the Gain Justify the Pain?
Friday, June 12th, 2009 Posted in Story, Training | No Comments »Training marches on. Am I nuts, or just a piece of sirloin? I'm in taper mode physically while I ramp up my mental preparation. I feel like a piece of meat being prepared for tenderizing. I'm thinking I should be rubbing ...
