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Last week, as the day of the 26th Annual Bataan Memorial Death March approached, all the work I put in to preparation seemed to pale in comparison with the immensity of the task I had set for myself. I read reports from previous Bataan Memorials by such luminaries as a Command Sergeant Major of theContinue reading “The Bataan”

Yesterday, I walked my first Half Marathon.  This was Las Cruces, NM, second “Biggest Loser Half-Marathon RunWalk”.  As the name implies, it is associated with the television reality show “Biggest Loser”.  There’s a casting application booth that I could have gone to, but since I only (Ha! “Only!”) need to lose 50 pounds, I didn’tContinue reading “Biggest Winner”

The other day I spoke of “Widgety Thingies” in my blog.  And that reminded me of a story.  I told this to a co-worker the other day, and it had her in stitches the rest of the day.  So, in hope of brightening your day, here it is: Scott and I have OnStar on ourContinue reading “Nothing Like Precise Terminology”

Okay, so here’s the thing… Only four people responded to my request.  A bunch of people told me they read my blog… but none of those folks apparently read the previous one… Hmmm. Well, in any case, I listened to your responses.  And overwhelmingly (can 4 be overwhelming?) you said (if I distill it downContinue reading “I listened”

So, since I wrote last, I’ve begun preparing in earnest for the Bataan Memorial Death March Marathon in March 2015.  At this stage, there’s not a lot to write about that preparation. During the week, I try to get 2 miles in before work.  This means I pretty well have to be walking by 5:45.Continue reading “Saturday – October 4”

I guess I didn’t do too good a job of beating around the bush in my last post. Two of you guessed it right off the bat! Yes, I have begun traing in order to WALK a marathon. There’s a whole class of folks out there called Marathon Walkers; I think I’m about to becomeContinue reading “Yup, it’s a Marathon!”

Since last I wrote, another week of work has concluded, and a second has begun. Over this past weekend, I’m afraid there were no interesting hikes to report. It was a “2 Day Weekend”, so we tend not to hike those. Since I get a 3 day weekend every other week, we save our hikesContinue reading “Announcing…. something!”