This photo was four miles from my front door, up a long hill. Today, I did a brick. Well, a baby brick. I rode my bike 10 miles and then ran 5 miles. Why do they call it a brick? I didn’t want to pursue a serious answer to that. I’ve decided that it’s because … Continue reading Friday Philosophy ~ Bricks
Fitness
Need
My eyes drawn left found a raven awaiting my return dawn was falling with cool winds rising my limbs longed for freedom and my heart was riding crashing waves as at last at last I began to run casting off my shackles growing lighter with each step winging through the skies a creature not of … Continue reading Need
Mountains #wwwblogs
The days grow short And my eyes are drawn Upward Where my feet long To plant themselves Among the rocky trails Finding flowers Where none should grow And pushing Ever further On a climb that goes on and on A mountain waits For time and courage And steady feet Over shifting surfaces Until we see … Continue reading Mountains #wwwblogs
Time Stops
A world devoid of human bustle only sky and cloud and sea live here at the end of the world my feet touch the sand and wings lift me in flight above the water until I become the elements the rain and wind and surging waves are within me alive and beyond reason a creature … Continue reading Time Stops
The Maiden Voyage
I shared with all of you that I will be competing in my first triathlon this winter. This week, my trisuit arrived. After fiercely debating options on the internet, I went with a singlet and shorts. This was, of course, after I went to every single sporting goods and running store in the entire valley … Continue reading The Maiden Voyage
Friday Philosophy ~ Triathlon
Last year, I signed up for a marathon. Of course, surprise surgery downgraded that to a half-marathon, where I found my happy place. 🙂 This year, during December, I'll be completing my first triathlon. So, today's thoughts are all about tri! "You can keep going and your legs might hurt for a week, or you … Continue reading Friday Philosophy ~ Triathlon
Accidental Hills, and Things You Learn When Out of Town
Did you know that Del Mar is made up entirely of hills? Yeah, neither did I, until I went running this morning. For some reason, during that first mile (entirely uphill) I thought that I just had to crest the hill I was climbing. Then, on the second mile, I knew I had to almost … Continue reading Accidental Hills, and Things You Learn When Out of Town
Poise
Our toes hold fast to the rough edge as muscles tense a deep hold ready for the leap a long stretch slicing forward a body reduced narrow as a bullet aiming for the opposite wall racing through the blur of our exhalations each motion a pull and push movement synchronized one flowing form impossible grace … Continue reading Poise
Handhold
There are times the only purchase Is a seam Just enough for a fingertip grasp All wiry tension and sweat and strength The eyes can never falter Ever upward As feet move slowly A studied progress From outcrops to angles The hands have it The balance, the grasp A fist acting as anchor For the … Continue reading Handhold
Limitless
In some space beyond my fingertips is an ending as my arms circle and hips roll and the world comes in and out of sunrise focus there is another wall that I haven't found a stopping point I will only know when I reach inside of it when I squeeze one last pull through liquid … Continue reading Limitless