Category Archives: Family

Outer Mongolia

Posted on August 26, 2010 by Al

In the 50’s if you wanted to refer to someplace so far away it like going to Mars, you called it “Outer Mongolia”. That’s where half my family is now. Continue reading →

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PJ Lake

Posted on August 10, 2010 by Al

Pulling my feet out of snow melt cold PJ Lake, I unzipped the legs from my convertible pants, to dry my toes a bit before putting my shoes back on. Rummaging around, I noticed – or rather, didn’t notice – my keys weren’t there. Continue reading →

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Training vs. Recovery

Posted on August 5, 2010 by Al

Everything you are about to read (or for that matter have read here) is true, and actually happened; only the words have been changed to make it all sound better. Continue reading →

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The Worst Week of the Year

Posted on June 14, 2010 by Al

OK, the weather’s great, the days are long, my youngest daughter is home from college and she actually has a summer job – what could be so bad about this time of year?
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The Valley of the Roaring Fork

Posted on May 31, 2010 by Al

Roy Halladay pitched a perfect game the other day, but God is pitching a perfect week here in the Valley of the Roaring Fork. Continue reading →

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Injuries

Posted on May 9, 2010 by Al

there has almost never been a day when I have not felt some nagging little tweak or ache or dysfunction somewhere in my system. I’m convinced I am in a constant state of repair, and that some of those repair jobs are significant enough to rise to the level of my consciousness.
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Letting Go III

Posted on April 29, 2010 by Al

How, indeed, does one let go of, and save forever, the life and lives so dear, so formative, so revealing of ourselves? Continue reading →

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Letting Go II

Posted on April 18, 2010 by Al

This week, I’m doing what may be my last rides and runs along the Pacific Ocean from the Santa Monica/Brentwood area. Continue reading →

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Through the Looking Glass

Posted on April 6, 2010 by Al

I was going through the looking glass, where the world would look similar to the one I left, but where all the rules would be different, and I would have no means of getting back, other than to just pull the plug and quit.
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Muscle Memory

Posted on February 15, 2010 by Al

I’m simul-watching the Olympics now, just after Bode Miller raced his downhill, seeking peace and satisfaction. He’s 32, and has been doing top level ski racing for over a decade. He lost by 0.09 (0.02 from second) of a second, … Continue reading →

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