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Razorback CLARITY

Published December 30, 2018

FAMILY ❤️

Day & a half with FAMILY – just what the doctor ordered. Peace.

Lotta details this past Fall. 11 marathons including a new Canadian PR. 6-month stomach woes diagnosed – intestinal parasites (never mind heat & humidity/don’t drink water from random paper cups during a Brazilian marathon).

Lunch at Calico County (fried green tomatoes – YUM!) Both Saturday/Sunday nites, living-room movies with FAMILY. “I Can Only Imagine” – awesome flic ‘bout Forgiveness. ‘Abusive dad’ themes generally I avoid. Good film.

Church morn Sunday with Mom brought clarity.

Dog who attacked Ro was someone’s pet. It wasn’t a rogue animal. Aside from filing a Police report to keep the Public (my Louisville neighbors) safe, that’s that. All vet bills were picked up by Pup’s kennel. Excellent care – wrong righted.

Unexpected things happen in life. If your child is injured at school, you don’t kill the other kid in retaliation (though I tell ya, that was my gut first 2 days). Life forward.

Mom, Bro – love ya to the moon & back.

Mark your calendars. Registered for the Fort Smith Marathon in February. Team 4-Layer Delight & Sis RETURNS (celebrating Williamsburg Kitchen’s 40th anniversary)! Bro – you & your ugly bent finger are running the third [relay] leg. Surprise 🙂

: love ya Mom ❤️

: Sunday morning refresh

: Home Cookin’ Good 🙂

: fried green tomatoes – YUM!

: Tough Mudder injury

: proof Sis wears PLAID!

: Team 4-Layer Delight (2015)

: Colorado HOME ❄️

UPDATE: Back home, all tech’d up for 2019. Thanks everyone!

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Howdy Nashville

Published November 9, 2018

Been a week of fixes, week of discovery & only FOUR work days – this weekend, Nashville.

Saturday marathon, Friday flight to Tennessee – travelling: me & my parasite, tagalong coming no extra charge. EUS at Good Samaritan (endoscopic ultrasound) diagnosed the cause of my pancreatitis. Appears I brought back more than a marathon medal from Brazil last April. PEPE. That’s what Sis nicknamed me ‘alien baby’. Hot humid São Paulo. Bottled water everywhere I go, ‘cept when marathoning. Straight from the petri dish, drank cup after cup of parasitic agua. Aid Station water. ICK! Easy enough to cure, 60 days of pills. Will be Tuesday before my pharmacy can fill the script. Notta lotta folks needing Brazilian bug killer in Louisville Colorado. LOL>

Afternoon touchdown in Music City. Sis & husband in from St. Louis, Stephen flew from Boston – we’re ALL running tomorrow. Missed the family Hermitage tour (I was the only late arrival), still PLENTY of time for Nashville’s Country Music Hall of Fame.

Willie, Waylon & Reba. Elvis, Dolly, Minnie, Emmylou. One name recognition, ALL hillbilly icons. Distinct vocals, soul-touching songwriters. LOVE LOVED. Well done Nashville 👏

Early nite. Bridge-walked over Nashville’s Cumberland River, BBQ-dined on wild honky-tonking Broadway. City more reminiscent of New Orleans than Sunday morning chapel. LIVE music every diner door – a wave of vibration, sea of SOUND. This is Music City!

AirBnB downtown digs, GREAT location. Retreated early, marathon morn comes fast. EXCITED – got Sis to keep me company tomorrow. 26 miles of chit-chat ready; God help her. How-dee! 🙂

: bluegrass & Andrew Jackson

: Country Music Hall of Fame

: Emmylou, Maybelle & Minnie

: ELVIS

: Outlaw Country

: Dolly, Tammy & Loretta

: Country Sunshine 🌞

: one & only REBA

: Fame’s Atrium Anthem: Will the Circle be Unbroken?

: Nashville bridge-walk

: Honky Tonkin’

: PEPE the Parasite

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dirty Jersey myth

Published October 20, 2018

Jersey marathon weekend. Blog preview: no Hazmat required, all a myth.

Mobster crime & industrial pollution, their past. dirty Jersey, the slur. My holiday? Jersey GREEN, Atlantic Ocean GREY.

Friday post-work flight to Newark. Eastern Time touchdown, rental car traffic, hotel pillow 1am. Fast 6 hours later, two mile shake-out run. Stretch goal met, BIG smile. Gonna be an AMAZING day 😊

Ivy League START, quiet Saturday morn. ‘Welcome to Princeton’ settled 1683. Craftsmen-carved/Revolutionary-era buildings, varsity oars cutting thru Lake Carnegie, bricked clock towers, hushed chapel architecture. Pitched arch, footstep echoes, stained glass glory. WOW!

2nd stop: New Hope PENNSYLVANIA. Parked in downtown Lambertville (New JERSEY). Pedestrian-crossed the Delaware. Riverside LUNCHED in PA. Watched paddleboarders trek UP the river – ski beanie & shorts, chilly water sport day. Mussel feasted. Warm broth, crusty bread. YUM!

History NERD ALERT. Post-lunch walkabout at Washington Crossing Park. Yep, that Washington. General George’s infamous Christmas-crossing of the Delaware. You’ve seen the painting. Toured Johnson Ferry House, only original still standing. After Washington’s icy river crossing, ferryman-Slater moved Washington’s troops, horses & 6 remaining cannons. Soooo much history!

[Thanks Nat’l Park folks for the private tour, very much appreciated!]

Tick, tick, tick. Same state, same day, third destination – the AC: Atlantic City, Jersey’s casino-riddled Monopoly. Boardwalk, Park Place, all the red properties – that Monopoly. Inspired HERE.

Bib pick-up at Bally’s, check-in at the Claridge (casino-free sleeps), ocean walk. Two miles of sunset. Stared out into the Atlantic, wave hypnotized. B-I-G, my life. Dinner: oysters & octopus.

Rethink the slur, folks. Much to see & do. America’s secret vacation destination.

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