Healthy Mind Heart Body

Category: heart

  • I will run the Leadville 100.

    For years since over-running my knees on the 2nd, 4th, and 5th of October, 2007 I’ve battled a maddening array of knee, leg, hip, and foot problems. In most cases, when people asked about my injuries, I just told them I had bad knees, because I knew they didn’t have the time and probably weren’t…

  • How to Say I Love You (Part 2)

    I just received a eulogy more impressive and profoundly fulfilling than any I ever could have imagined. I am overwhelmed. The words “I Love You” can be incredibly powerful. For many of us, forms of love are the only things that really drive us. While some struggle to say these three little words, you have…

  • My first Bikram Yoga class!

    It’s 3:30pm and I’m crouched over my toilet contemplating relieving my stomach of it’s biscuits and gravy contents. I can’t decide whether a full stomach or throat sore from bile would be more unpleasant while contorting my body for 90 minutes in a crowded, 105 degree sauna. I kneel over the toilet with an “I’m…

  • Inspiration Point Night Hike – July 16, 2010

    Began running up to Inspiration Point from the Tunnel Road trail head at 10:30pm tonight without a flashlight. It took me under 9 minutes to the bridge after which point it was soon too dark, steep, rocky, and dangerous to continue running. I crept my way up the rest of the trail and reached Inspiration…

  • The Money Delusion

    Even though I passionately disagree with a few of his points, I love this video and try to watch it at least once a month. I highly recommend you take 8 minutes to watch now…

  • Training Log – 2010.07.04 – Back in the Groove after Week of Vacation

    Summary: I’ve left you all hanging for the past week because my best friends from home were all here in Santa Barbara and we’ve been having the time of our lives. Diet was of no consideration, and even my day shake stopped making appearances after the first few days, replaced appropriately by beer, wine tastings,…