On Running

I went up to Olympia last week to run in a 5K with a friend of mine. The race was a fundraiser for the library at Evergreen State College. How great to participate in a run that benefits a library! Here is a picture of my sad self right before my friend Coker stepped in front of me at the finish line (let's just say I'm an idiot, and leave the story at that...).


Coker is coming down in a few weeks and we'll be jogging in the Butte to Butte race here in Eugene. I ran this last year, and if you pay attention, you'll see me go by in an orange shirt and blue sunglasses at the :53 second mark.


With the race this year falling smack dab in the middle of the Track and Field Olympic Trials over at the Univ. of Oregon, I expect there will be even more than the 6,000 or so who ran it last year. It's not a small event!

Now, as always, I will tie in a book so I can pretend this site is more than a way for me to send out stuff to my friends rather than use e-mail. All this talk of races reminds me of one of my favorite running titles (literally, favorite title. I haven't read the book, and I suspect there are other running BOOKS I'd rather read...). Anyhow, here it is:

Oh, Happy Day!

Bigfoot is Back! If you can read Roumieu's Bigfoot books without laughing out loud, you are dead inside.

Life in Alaska

Seth Kantner was at the Eugene Public Library last night, and my old bookstore was there selling the JUST-printed finished copies of Shopping for Porcupine. A thoughtful balance of text and photos, this book provides a unique look into a disappearing land... one that is about to be ripped apart even further in our quest for cheap gas.