Archive for August, 2010

Part 2: Aggressive owl clouts runner on the head

Friday, August 6th, 2010

Well, after my magical experience on Wednesday night, I was quite looking forward to my run Thursday night, hoping to see the great grey owls again. On the way down the trail, I didn't see them, but I thought it was still too early. It wasn't quite dusk yet. On ...

Part 1: I heard the owl call the chefs’ names

Friday, August 6th, 2010

Something quite wonderful happened on my run in the Seymour Forest on Wednesday night that I must tell you about. I did a 90-minute run along the Seymour River, where I always finish by coming up a steep 1 KM trail called the Homestead Trail. There is a bend in ...

Is yoga and ChiRunning the answer?

Monday, August 2nd, 2010

Last weekend, Angela James and I, along with two musicians and eight participants, had a fantastic time at the ChiRunning and yoga retreat at Monkey Valley. It was the most beautiful time of year, with flowers of dozens of varieties in bloom, the grass waist-high, and visiting birds of many ...