Rowan O’Roark

Thanksgiving Saturday

Published November 23, 2019

No Pocahontas, no John Smith. Pilgrims failed to stick the landing. Travelling to Japan, Thanksgiving Thursday. Flying o’er the vast Pacific. No Wobble Gobble fun run; this year my 7 Continent FINISH.

So… canned cranberry come early. Thanksgiving Saturday. Sunshine, snow on the ground 🙂

Super thankful. Still feasting at Ash & Tom’s Westminster home. Double the cat count (extra fosters), grandpup Marty sported his holiday bandana. Purchased our first smoked turkey.

Tryptophan snooze. Bad Hallmark movie (holiday tradition), ‘The Mistletoe Secret’. No real secret…Kellie Pickler’s Appalachia accent still subtitle worthy. LOL> Film set in Utah, yet none of her TV family speak Dollywood. Wins the contest/finds love/saves the town & ALL catch the Christmas spirit. LOVE LOVED.

FAMILY DREAMS HEALTH FOOD COLORADO HOME my FAITH

List of what I’m most thankful.

And snow. Better get on board, ‘cause it just keeps coming. TWO FEET forecast on Tuesday ❄️

Happy Thanksgiving y’all. Live, laugh BIG, eat BIGGER 🦃 ❤️

: Happy Holidays 🐧

: deviled eggs EVERY holiday

: smoked BIRD 🦃

: Michaela’s Connecticut spread

: sweet potato casserole & homemade pumpkin pie

: Holiday Ro 🍁

: grandpup & Douggie

: Hallmark tradition, no SECRET

: SQUIRREL patrol

: Friendsgiving Sunday 🦀

Est. 1959, Happy Birthday Stephen! 🎁 🎂🎈

: New Hampshire celebration

: even Ro remembered

: birthday share with Hawaii 😊

: Ash & Tom

: Boston Creme Pie (his fave)

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Route 66 Challenge (March edition)

Published March 31, 2019

“Dogs do speak, but only to those who know how to listen” – Orhan Pamuk

dig a good Reuben ❤️

March 2019 update: After marathoning 63 consecutive months, the streak ‘lived or died’ on March 30th. Wise words from Dave Bell haunted me all week: ‘never schedule your marathon last week of a month.’ STRESSFUL lesson learned. Had Saturday’s all-day RAIN EVENT included lightning, the buck would have stopped in Carmel, Indiana. Yikes! Too close for comfort.

Dave Bell? The guy who’s streaking ahead of me – by 8 FULL years. All hail the Chief.

February/March training miles met, but no progress on past sins.

Little too late? Memorial Day is comin’ fast!

Next month: Italy 🍝 🇮🇹 Eat, eat, eat!

Race ReCap: 3 medals, 1 DNF. Arkansas, Arizona & Indiana. 4 states shy of all 50 😊

Marathoning Streak: 64 months; EVERY month, FIVE+ years.

Mileage ReCap: ended March at 1675 miles (only 605 miles to GO!)

: ended March at 1675 miles

: my postcard journey

: Mile 1675: Winslow, AZ

: niece & nephew holidaying in sunny Dominican Republic

: dog MODEL 🌟

Marathon Calendar:

04/07/2019 Milano Marathon (Milan, ITALY)
04/27/2019 Frisco Railroad 50k (Willard, Missouri)
05/05/2019 Eau Claire Marathon (Eau Claire, Wisconsin)
05/17/2019 Nutmeg State Marathon (Hartford, Connecticut)
05/19/2019 Colfax Marathon (Denver, Colorado)
05/26/2019 Rocky Mountain 50k (Laramie, Wyoming)
06/02/2019 Deadwood Mickleson Trail Marathon (Deadwood, South Dakota)
06/15/2019 Big Horn Ultra (Dayton, Wyoming)
06/28/2019 Black Hills 50k (Sturgis, South Dakota)

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Feast of Saint Valentine

Published February 14, 2019

Avoiding Cupid

Published February 14, 2018

For some folks it’s Christmas, for me it’s Valentine’s Day. THE holiday I avoid, prefer not to acknowledge,

head-under-pillow/wake February 15th/move on with the Year. Bah humbug.

Chocolates, engagement rings, couple-dom. Holiday for 2’s only. Can’t go to the movies alone. Must eat at the restaurant bar without a ‘plus 1’. Life’s empty/void without a significant other every day by your side.