Cross Crusade - Covered in Poo, written 6 days ago, I don't know if it was horse poo or cow poo or maybe a muddy mix of the two, but I finished the 8th Cross Crusade race at the Washington County Fairgrounds this morning covered in a mucky brown mix of grass, feces and dirt. I loved it. This is pro...

Yak-Shaving Enterprise: Business Process Modeling on OS X, written 3 days ago, Here’s what I want to do, develop some Business Process Management diagrams for the Content Management System at the Day Job from Hell. This is because I want to keep my place in Hell–assuming there are far worse Hell...

Mountain Sickness and Frost Bite, written 1 month ago, HIGH ALTITUDE OR MOUNTAIN SICKNESS Mountain sickness may be experience by travellers going to destination 3,000m (10,000ft) or more above sea level. If ascent to a high altitude is gradual and not more than 3,000m (10,000ft) per day, the body ...

Long-term Tire Report - Toyo Open Country M/T, written 3 days ago, 30,000 miles later we can now give our long-term report on the rubber that took us to the Arctic Ocean, Telluride, Inuvik and around town.  Toyo’s Open Country M/T® are an aggressive mud traction radial.  Running 295×70x17 on o...

Ahmanson Ranch Moonrise, written 1 week ago, From a run at Ahmanson Ranch, now Upper Las Virgenes Canyon Open Space Preserve, Wednesday evening. PhotographyontheRun.com Copyright 2006-2008 Gary Valle. All Rights Reserved.

Strider Running Bike Review, written 2 days ago, Given that many of our readers have children we thought the following would make for a nice review.  I asked a family friend to help out, Elizabeth Tate agreed to write the review and her son Gabriel was the tester. With the holidays right around the...

Surf Symposium 2008, written 1 month ago, I spend the weekend organizing the Danish Canoe Federation's Surf Symposium 2008. [See post to watch Flash video] Download in full quality. I only got minimal time on the water myself but enjoyed watching +40 girls and boys - many westcoast surf newbies - ge...

Exercise, train, race by kayak and canoe.

Xtreme Terrain Festival Full Duathlon, written 2 weeks ago, I took part in the Xtreme Terrain Festival Full Duathlon at the end of September. Here’s a quick write up… drafted a few weeks ago, but hadn’t got round to publishing until now. The XTF was hosted at Hawley Lake, Camberley on an army...

Portland Driver Who Hit Cyclist is Driving to the Big House, written 2 days ago, A local Portland drunk didn’t take well to a cyclist’s advice to slow down. Instead, the 37-year-old motorist chased the biker who lost him on some residential streets. Thinking he was safe, the biker returned to th...

I'm Thankful For Lots of People, written 3 days ago,

Marmot Sale: 20% Off + up to 50% Off Closeouts, written 2 days ago, Fleece Jackets On Sale > Rain Jackets On sale ?> Down & Synthetic Insulated Jackets ?> Softshell Jackets On Sale > Sleeping Bags On Sale > Gloves & Mitts On Sale >

The cell phone that wasn't turned off, written 5 days ago, Cell Phone, originally uploaded by JonJon2k8. They look cute and pretty, don’t they? But sometimes you could just snatch them from your neighbor and throw them out of the window. I went to a public reading a few days ago. The room was pa...

Garden Fountain Jealousy, written 1 week ago, I am absolutely in LOVE with this garden oasis!  The garden fountain is truly a great centerpiece for such a lush, green yard.  I especially like the mosaic design on the inside wall of the fountain.  It is such an eye catching detail.  I am so inspi...

MANWEL ROBLE, THE BOY-GUIDE, written 6 days ago, I HAVE A NEW FRIEND. He may be about 12 or 13 years old and a sixth grader of Napo Elementary School, located in Sapangdaku, a mountain barangay of Cebu City. Everyday he wakes up at four of dawn to help his mother prepare breakfast and packed lunch...

Caddis for Thanksgiving dinner?, written 3 days ago, November has been mild to say the least, Wednesday we were in the mid 60’s, unfortunately because of the temps, I had to get busy butchering deer before they started their own insect hatch; so sneaking off for some fishing was out. I think it wa...

nevergiveup.ie - Alpine Marathon Challenge in 2009, written 6 days ago, DUBLIN, IRELAND (Team Geared Up) - An email arrived this afternoon “We have just launched a nationwide search to find three Irish challengers willing and ready to take part in the Powerade Never Give Up Alpine Marathon Challen...

So THAT's how France works!, written 3 days ago, So I mentioned in another post that I was dreading moving my broadband account with France Telecom. Perhaps I’m just more used to how France works these days, or perhaps the company has got much better, but either way I’ve got internet in my new p...

Quotable, written 1 week ago, “and this above all, to thine own self be true, and it follows as the night the day, thou canst not then be false to any man” — William Shakespeare, Hamlet

U-Turn?, written 5 days ago,