Tagged “fitness”


Almost Barefoot

My birthday present. Running sandals. I took them out for a trial run today: Forty-nine degrees and muddy. My toes did get a bit cold and bloody—but the blood only because I stepped through some thorny undergrowth. The tread is quite flexible, so you can feel the rocks and roots. The right sandal was a little loose, but not enough for me to stop and try to figure out how to tighten it. The... Read More

Posted on February 4, 2016 at 10:16 am under Life & Culture

My New Stride

I accidentally ran 13 miles yesterday. Accidentally because I set out to do about an 8-mile run up Tiger Mt., to start extending my miles for some sort of summer event, but we (LaRoo and I) made a wrong turn and ended up doing 13 miles. Eight miles just to reach the top of West Tiger 3, then another 5 taking the shortest route I knew back down to Issaquah. At five miles in we came across a trail... Read More

Posted on June 4, 2013 at 12:33 am under Life & Culture