"A body at rest tends to stay at rest and a body in motion tends to stay in motion with the same speed and in the same direction unless acted upon by an unbalanced force." ~Newton's First Law of Motion

Real freedom doesn’t come from being in control, but from not needing to control anything.

"It filled him with a great unrest and strange desires. It caused him to feel a vague, sweet gladness, and he was aware of wild yearnings and stirrings for he knew not what." ~Jack London, The Call of the Wild I don’t know if London was a runner, but evidently, he understood.

Ironman Wisconsin. September 9th, 2007

(Photo by J.

Like their parents before them, my parents owned a little store as I was growing up - antiques and collectibles and whatnot - and after hours, as my father counted down the register, I'd sit on the floor and play with some random scrap while he told me about his life.

Today I want to make a statement about the endurance lifestyle, because quite frankly, I think a lot of people are in dan

At first I thought it was because I had little experience. So I got more. Then I thought it was because I needed to lose weight. So I lost it. Then I thought, maybe I needed to train harder, so, harder I trained. And now, having exhausted all other possible explanations, I am forced to consider that perhaps I'm just inadvertently attracting obstacles by fearing they'll appear.

When I was five my mother had very long, dark hair; down to her waist. She always wore it in a bun during the day to keep it out of her way, but as she ran along side me telling me that when I got the most scared I should just keep pedaling, a few strands came loose and blew behind her.

Junior year Trigonometry and I warred from August to November.