I was just looking back at my first ever race report from an ultra-marathon which was written after my first ultra-marathon, the 2006 Holiday Lake 50K++ Way back then, it was promoted to me by a good friend as an “ideal” first ultra. It was, unquestionably. I, and two other friends experienced Holiday Lake as our first ultra, and life has never been the same. [Read more…] about Older? Yes. Wiser? Not so much…
Johnson Farm Purchase Knits Together Open Space
Finally, the moment many of us who frequent the trail through Supply Pond, have been waiting for. The opening of the trail corridor between the sections known as the Wagon Wheel and the Gorge. [Read more…] about Johnson Farm Purchase Knits Together Open Space
Run Far
“We are different, in essence, from other men. If you want to win something, run 100 meters. If you want to experience something, run a marathon.”
-Emil Zatopek
. . . because truly to enjoy bodily warmth,some small part of you must be cold, for there is no quality in this world that is not what it is merely by contrast. Nothing exists in itself.
Alternate working title: Here We Go Again
Because winter is getting to it’s worst, and because we are all (or mostly all) begging for springtime, and abandoning trails for roads… Well, it is time to stare winter straight in the eye, to grab the bull by the horns, to face our fears, to boldly go where no Bimblers have gone before. Oh, wait a minute, scratch that last bit. To boldly go where a small band of Bimblers go but once a year. [Read more…] about . . . because truly to enjoy bodily warmth,some small part of you must be cold, for there is no quality in this world that is not what it is merely by contrast. Nothing exists in itself.
Spring
“When spring comes the grass grows by itself.”
Lao Tzu
Pew Lit Sirs – UPDATE!
The original posting is below, but I have a few updates / corrections:
New Venue: Nick and Tony’s in Guilford
Football: OK, I was wrong(!). There is football, sort of… The NFL, in a lame attempt to get people interested in the Pro-Bowl, has moved the Pro-Bowl to the Sunday BEFORE the Super Bowl! Hah, like that would make any difference. At NO TIME in January do any of us want to be reminded that we could be a bunch of over-paid, under-fit professional athletes hanging out in Hawaii, instead of snow-loving, winter-hardy, un-paid Bimblers!!!!! Besides, it is AMERICAN football. Really…
Be there: At last count, at least 3 dozen of your favorite, or otherwise, Bimblers will be there!