8r4d This October morning #sky #sunrise looked like a roiling sea on the horizon and kinda matched my vibe. [read more...]

8r4d A year ago tonight I was wandering around Chicago having arrived that day for the upcoming marathon weekend. This year we’re enjoying the #autumn #trails while out on our regular #running meetup.

8r4d The Kid booked the makerspace at the library for a couple of hours so that she and her friends could try recording their podcast there, so as a resultI—the responsible, waver-signing adult—needs to hang around and kill a couple hours #writing and having some tlc with my #keyboard. Oddly, a bustling library on a Sunday afternoon is less ideal for my creative efforts than I would have imagined.

8r4d Sunday #running with the #runcrew made for some lovely but cool #autumn scenes

8r4d The weekly #running of the creek was decorated by emerging #autumn foliage.

8r4d I find myself unexpectedly on #whyteavenue on a Wednesday evening, sipping #tea and #writing because The Kid needed a ride up to an #improvtheatre orientation up here. I didn’t really expect to be up here and, yeah, I tried the library but where my #keyboard is usually quiet enough for the background him of the cafe to not be annoying, I felt very self conscious about the clickety-clack in the super-quiet library what with people, probably students, studying all around me. So—I paid for a peppermint tea and here I sit, trying to feel inspired or something.

8r4d While I’ve been busy this past week, so have the landscapers who have been busy laying sod along the trail where we #walk that has been under sporadic construction for about a year now. This has been radically transformed from the garbage-strewn fox trail I used to use as a short cut on my runs a few years ago.

8r4d I neglected my parental duties this past week and did not post any birthday pictures, yet here I am a few days later with my #keyboard and #coffee resuming the wordsmithing efforts from the local cafe after buying the kid a fancy latte on her way to class.

8r4d Just #running at #sunset as #autumn creeps in closer and closer…

8r4d This feels write. And they gave me a free banana bread with my #coffee this morning. Back to the grind.

8r4d #running this morning in Red Deer for the Terry Fox run. I was tuckered out by 5k so just one loop for me. #terryfoxrun #ohcanada

8r4d The Divide #ultramarathon is a 100 hour long 320km #running #race thru the Rocky mountains near Crowsnest Pass. RM had been running for about three and a half days straight when we caught up with him at the last checkpoint at midnight of the last night after driving down from the city to cheer him on. We presume he’ll roll across the finish line around 8 in the morning, so we’re back for some rest at the hotel until then leaving him to catch a few #zzzs and then head off for the final 26k while we sleep.