We’ve been reading the Harry Potter series, and we’re on #4, Goblet of Fire, right now. I had a great time reading the section where Mad-eye Moody gives his first Defense Against the Dark Arts lecture. Every five minutes he shouts, “CONSTANT VIGILANCE!” to the class, making them jump. My aim while reading: make my …
This year, I won’t see the mountain. I’m in van 2, and with our team’s start time of 2:30 p.m. I may not even take my first handoff until after 9 p.m. — over 12 hours later than I took the baton last year. I’m feeling an odd mix of mourning and terror — I’m …
Yoga and running have been a pair for me since 2004, when I began assistant coaching track with a coach who believed strongly in the practice. He was a spiritual guy all around, but his daily pre-workout sun salutations and hard-core use of plank and boat during ab workouts had benefits beyond the centering and …
I’ve been looking at the photos from last year, and all I can feel in my legs — my lungs — my muscles — my bones is the fervor. It hits me deep in my stomach and makes me want (desperately, deeply want) to burst out of the chair where I’m sitting, tending boys and …