Category: Life

  • Notes from the trail 01.06

    Notes from the trail 01.06

    I was on an upward trend with my running all through 2024, and I hope to continue into the new year. I’ve also been lucky to capture some cool (to me) photos along the way. Look, an eagle!!

  • Who cares what you look like?

    Who cares what you look like?

    If you run long and far enough, you’ll find something good in yourself and see something good in someone else. The thing is, this isn’t even that strange of a concept, because life is like that, too. All these people. All different. All on the start line of today’s morning wearing different things and being…

  • Simple chanterelles

    Simple chanterelles

    Simple is better. Less is more. So it goes with so much in life, including this killer dish of simple chanterelle mushrooms with udon noodles.

  • Notes from the trail 12.13

    Notes from the trail 12.13

    I explored another part of the 22-mile long American Tobacco Trail today. It’s straight, flat, and seemingly never ending. Some might call it boring, and there are times where I think that too, but other times it cultivates a zone that’s as close to “meditative running” as I’ve ever experienced.

  • Basketball and lanterns

    Basketball and lanterns

    Our Saturdays tend to follow a standard format now that we’re back in the States. Usually, I go running while the kids watch cartoons and eat cereal, and my wife sleeps in, then it’s off to whatever sporting event is in season, and in the evening, we do some sort of family thing (event or…

  • Notes from the trail 12.06

    Notes from the trail 12.06

    I switched it up this week and tried a different loop for my long run this week: Lake Johnson and Lake Raleigh, both of which are connected via an urban greenway. It was perfect running weather this week, sunny and cold, so the base layers, beanie, and gloves were definitely equipped.

  • Thank you and I’m sorry

    Thank you and I’m sorry

    “Thank you” and “I’m sorry” are both complete sentences. Often, those two words are all that is needed. If I could add one more, it would be “Please.”

  • Notes from the trail 12.01

    Notes from the trail 12.01

    I love travel running and got some of that in this past week during our visit to (northern) Atlanta. Running during the holidays is essential for me, not only to balance out the gluttony but also because of the cool weather and empty trails.