Entries from August 2006

August 28, 2006

Hood to Coast

I live!
I live and I’m tired. I’m tired and swamped and work.
So here’s a bit of a recap via an update email that I sent to a friend…
Never in my life have I been as tired as I was in the final leg… Half mile in and I’m thinking, “hm. this is going [...]

August 25, 2006

Oh, Sweet Lovin’ Jesus

Here we go.
Here we go.
Frequent readers will recall that I often vomit before big softball tournaments. I haven’t done that in a while but I have the same feeling today.
Nerves.
I know I’ll be fine. I know I’ll finish. Hell, I might even be great – you never know.
Friends have reassured me that [...]

August 21, 2006

Casper

I realize that I’ve been talking about the Hood to Coast as if everyone should just know what I mean.
Basically, the HTC is a 195 mile race from Mt. Hood down to the breakers at Seaside, Oregon. The race is run relay-style by teams of 12. Each team has two vans carrying 6 [...]