for some of the runners things got real by the time we saw them at 20 miles. . for a lot of the runners things got real by the time the sun was setting. . for the majority of the runners things will be real by morning. . for all of the runners even the strongest things will be real by tomorrow afternoon. . real? . what is this real. . real is when there Read more…
and they are off! . it was a festive group of 76 (yes, we lost one more between the bus ride and the start) that gathered at the base of the giant peach. . photos were snapped small talk indulged. lots of nervous laughter bushes were watered and only a few using a last opportunity to take a load off their feet. . but no one really knows what to do with this last 15 Read more…
at last the month of fear is over. the time of wondering has come to an end and the days of wandering are about to begin. . the 77 brave souls who boarded the buses to nowhere are now left with their 77 restless minds tossing and turning in their beds and thinking of the incomprehensible miles that passed by outside the bus windows today. there were hills. lots of hills. good shoulders bad shoulders Read more…
everyone kept telling me before i started; “take lots of pictures of oregon…. it is so pretty and green!” well, i did not get lots of pictures of oregon. like everything else on my journey, the image of the green strip of west oregon is burned into my memory. but green is not what i think of when i think of oregon. oregon, to me, will always be the great sandy desert. 130 miles, from Read more…
126 days 11 hours 41 minutes and 57 seconds after getting my feet wet in the atlantic (newport rhode island) i got them wet in the pacific (newport oregon) i think i will take that day off now. laz
for newport oregon and there is a 2% chance of rain right now…. it is raining. laz