Climbing and Running
7 marathons. 7 continents. 7 years.
Highlights of 2008
December 31, 2008 by Mitch Lewis · Leave a Comment
I was going to write a post recapping personal events and achievements of 2008 but while I was out during my last run of this year late this afternoon, I thought about the truly magical moments of the past year that were so wonderful that they took my breath away or made my eyes hurt. [...]
On Growing Younger
December 29, 2008 by Mitch Lewis · 1 Comment
Just saw the movie, The Curious Case of Benjamin Button. A great movie and you probably know the premise: Brad Pitt is born old and grows younger while his love interest Cate Blanchett, grows older and how their lives intersect. It made me think of two things: how can we grow younger AND the remarkable [...]
Benjamin Button and Forrest Gump???
December 28, 2008 by Mitch Lewis · Leave a Comment
First of all, Button is a fantastic movie and I’d highly recommend it to anyone. It is tremendously uplifting, though many would say sad – as everyone dies in the end – but isn’t life the same way? I was struck by the similarities between the two movies and have tried to make a short [...]
Coy Fish and other Signs along the way
December 27, 2008 by Mitch Lewis · Leave a Comment
Went to Palm Springs for Christmas and saw some great signs along the way. While driving through the Mojave Desert I saw a sign in some property that was miles away from anything else: “Fish for Sale. Coy Fish”. Not Koi Fish, but Coy Fish!!?? What is a Coy Fish? Are they really shy? They [...]
Rodeo Beach 30K
December 21, 2008 by Mitch Lewis · Leave a Comment
Yesterday I ran my final race of the year, the PCTR 30K Rodeo Beach train run. The weather was incredibly good, considering the day started out at 27f temperatures, but had warmed up to about 40f before the race started. Driving there, we got lost and circled around Sausalito several times. While driving through the [...]
Training Update – New
December 17, 2008 by Mitch Lewis · Leave a Comment
As many of us go through our training lives (lives in training ), we update and try different things along the way, some that work, some that get left behind. It’s been interesting and satisfying to see how my own regime has changed, and hopefully for the better. For the longest time until earlier this [...]
CIM – Random Thoughts on the Aftermath
December 9, 2008 by Mitch Lewis · Leave a Comment
It’s two days after the Marathon and here are some random thoughts – good and bad: How is it possible to Gain Weight after a marathon? I don’t know, but managed to gain about 2 or 3 pounds after Sunday, or it was a rebound after Thanksgiving? Is it water weight, eating too many goos [...]
A Personal Best
December 7, 2008 by Mitch Lewis · Leave a Comment
Today was the 26th running of the California International Marathon (CIM) – which runs from Folsom to the center of Sacramento, ending at the State Capital. It is billed as one of the “fastest” marathons in the west, but of course a marathon can’t be fast, but the course can have less massive hills than [...]
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