The Tuesday after running the Chicago Marathon with my older son, my wife and I headed out to Boston and the New England region on a short leaf peeping trip to check out the foliage. As luck would have it, … Continue reading
Every time I’ve been to Yosemite, I’ve stared up at El Capitan in awe of the sheer granite face. Never did it occur to me that you can hike/run up to the top. Especially, after Alex Honnold’s free solo, I’ve … Continue reading
The Qinghai-Tibet train is truly an engineering marvel. The 1,215 mile journey from Xining to Lhasa traverses the Tangula Pass at 16,650 feet, making it the world’s highest point on a railway. As I mentioned in the last blog on … Continue reading
Entering 2016, I was looking ahead at the travel schedule and lowered my expectations significantly. I simply wanted to continue to run a 50K distance or more each month, without any regard to PR or time. This year was a blur both personally … Continue reading
National Park Centennial and a wedding anniversary obviously goes together, yes? My wife and I had a weekend trip to Zion and Bryce during this past Labor Day weekend and it was fantastic to spend countless hours in the outdoors. Everything from … Continue reading
…then I smoked a lot during this winter break! I just came back from a three week, hectic trip to India, Hong Kong and China spending time with family. This also included visiting extended family and friends that we hadn’t … Continue reading