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On most weekends, we will just head out for a little adventure, not knowing until that day what we will do. Spontaneity we need sometimes. But alas, even this spontaneity is planned.
This morning I went out for a 50 mile bike ride and was listening to music. The Red House Painters song...
Since returning from my trip I have been working some long days doing some catch up. On a late drive home, weary from jet lag, this song comes on in the car, I repeat the song all the way home. Music can be just so time travelingly therapeutic. This one in particular caused me to think about...
My son took a picture of me with the new camera while I was doing three things at once, talking to my son about how to use the camera (we are keeping him on Auto+), riding the bike, and queuing a instructional video on you tube. That is really how I get most things done these days, in multiples...
I have taken over 900 pictures over the last couple of days with the new camera. This evening I was scanning through the photos and was drawn to some that I thought were very unique. But these had nothing to do with me, these were taken by my daughter.
She has been asking to use the camera...
Whenever I get on a plane, during take off, I look at my wife and children in the eyes and tell them I love them. Superstition I guess. But the Morrissey song title always pops into my mind when I do this.
I just got a Sony A6000 camera. This was in preparation for an overseas trip I am on...
My wife and I were talking one intimate and quite morning. We were talking about what each of us like about each other. I always like it when our closeness falls into admiration. I still feel much admiration for her. I told her I admire her consistency in her feelings and actions. I like her...
Today, thanksgiving, I got up early and put 52 miles on the bike. Sunny and crisp, in the low 50 degrees for most of the ride. Comfortably dressed and feeling a rise in strength and endurance coming over this specific periodization of base training.
Family and I then drove to one of our...
We give the kids allowance. I don't know why really. We buy the kids anything they really need but clearly not everything they want and this is where allowance come in. They are not spoiled in comparison to there neighborhood peers and that is evident in the iPhone's in the hands of elementary...
Sunday morning my daughter and I went for a run in the hills. We worked on intervals at 7 minute mile pacing. She was killing it. I really like the conversations we have while running. It is just father and daughter time and like no other really. No distractions, here with a purpose and engaged...
Sunday, this morning, I got up before everyone else and jumped on my bike for a quick 30 miles. It was a cool, crisp morning at 60deg but sunny and clear. At mile 17 on the bay trail near Hwy 92, with a beautiful view of the rising sun and the glistening water of the bay, this song comes on...
My daughter is very specific. If it is important to her, it exists and she will invest whatever energy is available to make it the best. She is also very athletic like me and very good at sports. She has ran a lot of miles with me over the years, and it was mostly on the flats and while I was on...
Well, this was more like an hour. October, although structured, is an open document for activities. I was going to do a run this morning but my son and I were just hanging out in the living room for the early morning . Rather than run I had another idea, I asked if he wanted to go hiking with...
On a hillside desolate, yes off hillside drive, is my loop. I went out on a run this morning and knocked out a few. Not one runner on the trail. Peaceful and serene. Headphones playing moz's new album. I can get lost in loops, finding something on each passing that wasn't there before...
I generally spend more time with my son these days. It is just what is happening in these transitional times of both my daughter and my son.
My wife says don't worry, you just keep showing our daughter how you treat me and she will know how she is supposed to treated.
I also think that I...
So am going to be working with a second coach during winter for strength training. As I have worked with coaches before, you have to choose them in a very organic fashion. There has to be a connection. I have ran into this new coach several times during the last year and a half. During that time...
As you know my racing season is drawing to a close and I will be participating in other loved sports for the winter months. Mainly trail running, gym work and yes cyclocross and mtn biking.
I love hilly trail running and did three ultra marathons in 2013. So I went out for a 3 mile...
It's right before bed for me now and I realize I haven't watched TV in weeks (I watch very little anyway). Sometimes I wonder how we can do what we want to do sometimes. Thinking about this came over me after a totally full yesterday. A totally full today just made it more relevant. It's not...
A late night, I just finished some important projects. The day is darkening as I leave San Francisco’s downtown. It is a cool evening and I feel good from the day. The phone is blue toothed to the vehicles stereo. I hit shuffle as I jump on the 101. At hospital curve, The Smiths song “How Soon...
So I am laying on the floor next to my daughters bed for talk time. Her second day of junior high has just passed. She is on her bed sideways, her arms wrapped around a pillow with her head propped so she can look at me. With the lights out, I can just see an outline of her hair and the soft...
Why am I so blue, literally.
I believe everything in a picture is important. The details, the context, the passion, the situation, the example. I share some of these things by sharing a picture.
But the most important things in my pictures are me, and my family, hence why they are...
