1. 13:04 17th Jun 2013

    Notes: 6

    Four Lead-legged Miles Later

    The Erin Half-Marathon Training Plan, Forever:

    1. Lots of Akon and Jay-Z on the running playlist (no shame, plenty of game.)
    2. Left, right, left, right, left.
     
  2. 22:20 16th Jun 2013

    Notes: 16

    Weekend (well, parts of it) in photos:

    1 - 3: On the Gorge Ride: about 40 miles on the Historic Columbia River Highway. Beautiful weather, just enough climbs, great company, and views that make you feel alive all the way down to your bones.

    4-5: Strawberry picking on Sauvie Island. Sunshine, beautiful people, eating the berries right off the plant, looking up and seeing Mt. St. Helens, is this real life? How’d I get so lucky?

     
  3. Wanting Sumptuous Heavens, by Robert Bly

    No one grumbles among the oyster clans,
    And lobsters play their bone guitars all summer.
    Only we, with our opposable thumbs, want
    Heaven to be, and God to come, again.
    There is no end to our grumbling; we want
    Comfortable earth and sumptuous Heaven.
    But the heron standing on one leg in the bog
    Drinks his dark rum all day, and is content

     
  4. 15:36 13th Jun 2013

    Notes: 5

    Tags: uh-huhhh

    Erin’s Unsolicted Tips for a Better Tomorrow (#3)

    Rely on each other.

     
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    It’s like this.

    It’s like this.

     
  6. 19:51 9th Jun 2013

    Notes: 6

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    Multimodal back to the countryside. Hope your weekends were equally wild, satisfying, mountainous, and smile-inducing.

    Multimodal back to the countryside. Hope your weekends were equally wild, satisfying, mountainous, and smile-inducing.

     
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    On my way to the city. Mile ?? Of 37. Stopping in Sherwood for a refuel. En route, always.

    On my way to the city. Mile ?? Of 37. Stopping in Sherwood for a refuel. En route, always.

     
  8. 13:40 5th Jun 2013

    Notes: 1

    A day in the life of a teenage Senegalese boy. 100% worth watching, a simple but elegant portrayal of daily life.

    “In Senegal, before we go to sleep, we say to each other, ‘Spend the night in peace.’”

    Disclosure: made by a fellow Peace Corps Senegal Volunteer.

     
  9. 13:48 3rd Jun 2013

    Notes: 6

    Erin’s Unsolicited Tips for a Better Tomorrow (#2)

    Is someone important to you? Make sure they know it*

    *in whatever way you feel most comfortable.

     
  10. 22:19 2nd Jun 2013

    Notes: 9

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    Above is what I got to look at all afternoon yesterday. The finish line at the Prefontaine Classic. Not too shabby, huh? Pictured is the steeplechase. Highlights included the women’s 400 (hey, Sanya Richards-Ross and Amantle Montsho!), the men’s 5000, the women’s 5000, the high jump, and, of course, the mile. It was mind blowing to see these impossible bodies moving at what is, to me, an impossible pace (3:49 miles, really?!). So beautiful.
I nudged myself back into the double digits today with a comfortable 10 miles. There is plenty of room for improvement but at the moment I’m just satisfied that it felt as good as it did. I skipped a week of long runs because of life, but got some miles in during this past week. I’m over a month out from my half and feeling good.
After my run I spent 5 hours doing some hard garden work (digging beds, etc.) and can say with complete confidence that I will sleep so, so, so well tonight.
Bodies in motion. Love y’all.

    Above is what I got to look at all afternoon yesterday. The finish line at the Prefontaine Classic. Not too shabby, huh? Pictured is the steeplechase. Highlights included the women’s 400 (hey, Sanya Richards-Ross and Amantle Montsho!), the men’s 5000, the women’s 5000, the high jump, and, of course, the mile. It was mind blowing to see these impossible bodies moving at what is, to me, an impossible pace (3:49 miles, really?!). So beautiful.

    I nudged myself back into the double digits today with a comfortable 10 miles. There is plenty of room for improvement but at the moment I’m just satisfied that it felt as good as it did. I skipped a week of long runs because of life, but got some miles in during this past week. I’m over a month out from my half and feeling good.

    After my run I spent 5 hours doing some hard garden work (digging beds, etc.) and can say with complete confidence that I will sleep so, so, so well tonight.

    Bodies in motion. Love y’all.