wishful thinking

If I eat summer food, will it make summer get here faster? Tonight: A salad of fava beans, corn and sundried tomatoes, topped...

at the noodle bar

At last: Friday. And the end of a ramen dry spell. (Can you believe it's been more than a month since my last bowl?) A few co-workers...

what next?

Yesterday: Glowy and happy and huggy at the finish line with my co-workers. (By the way, it's pretty cool that so many people I work...

at last, sub-2

This is Matt. Today we had an adventure. And that adventure involved him pacing me to a sub-2 half marathon. It began when I...

because you've been waiting

I guess I should tell you about the Santa Barbara Wine Country Half, which took place way back on May 7. First of all, the race...

strategizing

I drove the Windsor Green course on my lunch break today. I know I've run this race before, and rural Windsor is one of my favorite...

apocalypse now

By now, you've probably heard the world is going to end Saturday. (Here in Chickenland, I am reminded nearly every day.) And while...

return of the tutu

I think I kind of love Bay to Breakers. The tortilla frisbees at the startline. The salmon. Hauling up Hayes Street Hill. The totally...

in pajamas

I'm blogging from bed -- even though it's still light out -- because tomorrow is Bay to Breakers. The start time has been moved to...

sweet finish

Back from the Central Coast! Saturday's race exceeded all expectations in every possible way, from my performance (missed a PR by...

from sand to santa barbara

This is what I've been doing with my running shoes lately. (Yes, they're under there, buried in the sand of Wadi Rum.) In other...

shukran

It's how you say "thank you" in Arabic. And it's what I said often last week when we were in Jordan. (Which, by the way, is why...