A revision

I just looked up the word "revision" thanks to our folks at the handy-dandy site dictionary.com.  Yes, I know what it means, but I wanted to see what the dictionary said about it. Some related words are awesome - "improvement", "correction", "polish", and I think of an exclamation point following all of them for that …

A reset for the new year

January came and went, and, with it, some of the bright, shiny new-ness that comes along with turning the leaf on a new year.  However, I shouldn't get too far ahead of myself or anticipate a ho-hum year.  It's early days yet, and January set the tone in many ways for a shift in priorities …

Retour des Alpages – A brief weekend in Annecy

We've officially crossed that half-way point, and I'm finally getting around to jotting a few ideas here and there about the experience thus far.  I'll return to the Swiss adventures, of which there are many, but, for now, a quick recap of our quick weekend away.  It's funny because Zermatt is so beautiful, and you'd …

Summer’s end

I've promised myself to write more often, yet here I am, over a month has passed, and I'm finally sitting down to share a bit of the "what was going on" during August.  It's officially mid-September, so to say that I'm behind the curve would be something of an understatement. First up, after Whistler and …

Training: Two steps forward, a somersault back

That literally sums up my training this spring.  I'm not where I was in October, but to describe my winter and spring training as uneven would be a slight understatement.  My first "race" is coming up, and I feel woefully unprepared - or, well, woefully unfit for this particular distance and race.  I've certainly learned quite …

Fall potpourri

Yes, it's fall, so this will be one of those ubiquitous (why isn't there another word for "ubiquitous" which I seem to use every time I feel like a cliché which then makes the word a cliché?) "It's fall" wordy posts.  I swear that I won't mention sweaters, fleece jackets (although I'm currently wearing a …

Springing forward, with hope

The weeks - now months, yikes! - of silence in this space definitely reflect a sense of inertia and the muted quality of life.  I know, I know.  I'm starting off on an up note with that idea, but, hey, that's what was going on!  After all of my lofty goals, plans, expectations, promises to …

Looking at you, 2017!

Now that we are officially a week into 2017, methinks that I should truly reflect on 2016 in broad strokes and think about what that means or how it informs 2017.  I won't moan and bitch yet again about 2016, but I will say that it was not my finest year.  I learned a LOT …

Fall awakening

I know, I know!  I am one of those people who abandoned my blog for, quite literally, months.  I have something of a defense for the "blog" inertia.  I associate the summer months with road trips, biking, hiking, hanging out with family and friends, reading good books, drinking (probably too much), the occasional sunburn, and, …

Boulder 70.3: Highs and lows

Just a note: I wrote this ages ago and then waited and waited for the race photos.  Yes, I'm one of those people who purchases the race photos, depending on the race!  And, yes, Boulder 70.3 actually happened - a few weeks ago now, which, in racing time is like "years ago". In some ways, …