"They say the best is still yet to come
But the taste of you is still on my tongue
I can't forget and I won't even try
To erase your image and the way you made me cry
I'm learning how to live."

~ Lucinda Williams

 

2020 Mileage

2020 Mileage

Be kind. It will catch everyone off guard.

Disappointment is good practice. Even though is sucks.

You and me. Descending Mulkey Ridge that night. It will be one of the last memories to leave me.

May all dogs be loved.

Fractured Light Music

I was thinking of you today. You are not forgotten. You never will be. I can still feel your tiny claws clinging to my arm. I hope you are happy and flying free, wherever you are. I hope one day we'll meet again.

Brokeback Mountain

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Someone You Loved ~ Lewis Capaldi

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A Cerulean State - As we lose sight of the place we once longed for.

There was a time I didn’t believe in miracles. I said so to friends. I laughed out loud at the notion. But then one day your aunt arrived. Then your mother. Then Marilyn. Then you. I could not have been more wrong. Happy birthday Little Lobo.

Someone You Loved ~ Lewis Capaldi

Learning How To Live ~ Lucinda Williams

"I make the most of what you left me with."

2020 Races

Orcas Island 50K Sat Feb 1
Run Ridge Run 25K Sat Feb 22
Dirty Duo 50K Sat March 7
Cap Crusher 24K Sat March 14
Mac 50K Sat May 9
Wild Horse Traverse 50K Sat May 30
Be Fearless Trail Marathon Sat June 6
McLennan's Grit 12 hour Sat June 20
Fat Dog 120M Fri Aug 7
WAM 110K Sat Sept 26

She's So High ~ Tal Bachman

Aurora XV 54

The Mandalorian

The Walker ~ Fitz & The Tantrums

As a general rule of thumb, anything that makes the lives of humans more convenient is detrimental to the planet.

You are loved. Remember that. When all else fails. You are loved. Nothing will change that.

Somewhere Only We Know ~ Keane

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Popcorn ~ Gershon Kingsley

A message in a bottle is mostly about hope.

Moon River ~ Lisa Hannigan

This one is for you. Though I know you will never see it.

The End ~ The Doors

Thank you Detlef

May all dogs be loved.

Thank You

Happy birthday Kiira

Some memories get etched in stone. She wasn’t even two years old at the time. I can still see her in my headlamp weaving around trees on a dark descent off of Mulkey ridge. I was in awe of her speed and agility.

I could not have imagined my Universe getting any better.
Then you arrived.

Oats In The Water ~ Ben Howard

Gratitude

A Chance Encounter with Rama-Kandra ~ The Intangible

You are loved.

Zombie ~ The Cranberries

Send some light.

You Don't Know How Lucky You Are ~ Keaton Henson

Alive ~ The Intangible

The Intangible

The Intangible

With gratitude comes responsibility.

Building A Mystery ~ Sarah McLachlan

Canada doesn't get much better than this. Proud to be.

Disney. How is it that these fans, on a shoe-string budget, are able to accomplish so much more …. SO MUCH MORE … than you can with your $millions? I'll tell you how: This was made with love.

I could not imagine my life without dogs. I simply couldn't. I wouldn't.

“Their search for extra-terrestrial life would prove futile, because unbeknownst to them, life in this Universe began at Sol.” ~ Da Kon, A Brief History of Humans, 35^th Edition, ©5342.

A little speck of cosmic dust with seven billion people on it.

WAM 110K

Another DNF but such an excellent adventure at Whistler Alpine Meadow. 110K with 21,000' of climb, but I would only make it 80K. The climb up Whistler Mountain was brutal. Steep. And no water on that side. I was finished by the time I had reached the aid station at the peak. But this was not a place to drop. I slept for an hour in the warming hut. The station captain asked if I had it in me to run the 20K to Base 2. I didn't. I was shivering. Nauseous. But left anyway. It was dark, windy, raining. And worst of all I was alone. I had been running for 2 hours since the peak without seeing another soul. If I had to stop for any reason, if I got lost, I figured I'd freeze to death. The saving grace was the trail itself ... soft, easy, wide, a long gradual descent off the mountain that was completely runnable. It seemed to go on forever. But it offered no resistance. In fact it encouraged me. The people who built this trail would have spent years making it so. Maybe decades. Thank you one and all. And thank you Fran. I am so glad you didn't move back to Australia and were there to help me in the end. Grateful.

Moonlight Sonata (3rd Movement) ~ Ludwig van Beethoven ~ Tina S Cover

And this is why machines will never be better than humans. They may kill us all in the end. But they will never be better than us.

To Sir With Love ~ Lulu

"It's hard to believe we're the same species."

:) You make me laugh Dr. Kim. Not looking forward to having a hole drilled in my head. But I trust you to do it right.

Slow Show ~ The National

"You know I dreamed about you
For 29 years before I saw you
You know I dreamed about you
I missed you for 29 years"
~ The National

You are loved beyond measure.

I wish we could all pack up into a module and go back to those days.

Sweet Thing / Candidate ~ David Bowie

Cloudbusting ~ Kate Bush

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Paper House ~ Lisa Hannigan

"When the time comes and rights have been read,
I think on you often but for once I meant what I said.
Here I stay I lay me down in the house by the hill
I'm dug from the rubble and cut from the kill."
~Lisa Hannigan

There is only one of us. And we must live each life in turn.

Little Bird ~ Lisa Hannigan

Thanks for taking such good care of me all those years Dr. Jablanczy. I hope you know ... somewhere, somehow ... how grateful I am.

A Song for David Bowie ~ Kat Robichaud

Vancouver transit: "Your bus will be arriving 5 minutes ago."

Dark Ambient Hour Meditations ~ Circumference

When all else fails, it is important to remember that you are loved. That is the one unwavering constant of the Universe. You are the reason and the purpose. The sorrow and the gratitude.

Baker Street ~ Gerry Rafferty

Stranded and alone on an empty alien world.

"Just one more duty to perform."
~ Romulan commander thinks aloud

Be like K.

Fortis Fortuna Adiuvat

Think ~ Kaleida

Think of me.

May all dogs be loved.

Think ~ Kaleida

Think of me.

I’m not saying there wasn’t a democratic mandate for Brexit at the time. I’m just saying if I narrowly decided to order fish at a restaurant that was known for chicken, but said it was happy to offer fish, and so far I’ve been waiting three hours, and two chefs who promised to cook the fish had quit, and the third one is promising to deliver the fish in the next five minutes whether it’s cooked or not, or indeed still alive, and all the waiting staff have spent the last few hours arguing amongst themselves about whether I wanted battered cod, grilled salmon, jellied eels or dolphin kebabs, and if large parts of the restaurant appeared to be on fire but no-one was paying attention to it because they were all arguing about fish, I would quite like, just once, to be asked if I definitely still wanted the fish.

~ Jay Rayner

The Gunfighter

"Wellll fuck"

Karma is real but it all happens in your head.

It is useful to fail. From time to time. Despite the disappointment. Failure will bring you people and experiences that you would have otherwise missed. Push to failure.

DNF at Fat Dog 120M

A wonderful weekend at Fat Dog. Made it 97 miles and had to pull the plug. Will be back next year to embrace it again. Thank you Tejona. For everything. Best crew. Best pacer. Best friend.

Frank Schnekenburger

Blinded By The Light ~ Manfred Mann's Earth Band

You made it all worthwhile.

Abandoned Alien Cathedral

Good things come in pairs. Said the Gemini.

"God delights in you"

Thank you Virginia

You ~ Keaton Henson

If you must die, sweetheart,
die knowing your life was
my life's best part.

Who You Talkin' To Man ~ Ciscandra Nostalghia, Tyler Bates

Galiano Island

An incredibly wonderful week on Galiano Island with Marilyn, Kayla, Keegan, Darcy and the pups.

May all dogs be loved.

More Than A Feeling ~ Boston

2019 Races to date and planned

Run Ridge Run 25K Sat Feb 23
Cap Crusher 24K Sat March 16
Diez Vista 50K Sat April 13
Nimble Bear 50K Sat April 20
Mac 50K Sat May 4
Run For Water 50K  Sat May 25
Wildhorse Traverse 50K  Sat June 1
McLennan's Grit 12H Sat June 15
Knee Knacker 30M Sat July 13
Fat Dog 120M  August 9 - 11
Whistler Alpine Meadows 110K Sept 21

McLennan's Grit 12-Hour

A fun weekend in Summerland. I only lasted 10:30 but managed 47 miles. Wish I could have got 50 in, but the heat took its toll.