Five miles– past urine, then past dogs who are too big to live in the little houses to which their Toms wearing owners will walk home, then back past the blankets, and carts which are a home, too, but not to dogs.
Archive for the ‘Running’ Category
An LA Afternoon Run
Posted in Poetry, Running on 31 January 2011 | Leave a Comment »
Orlando, sorry it’s been so long.
Posted in Personal, Running, Teaching on 1 July 2010 | Leave a Comment »
M— and I went on a first (of what I hope will be many) summer rides. It is painful to retrain the body, reminding it of the motions with which it was once familiar. I do find it strange (although it might explain some of my enjoyment of physical activities) that even a bad ride, [...]
How do you know a mile?
Posted in Personal, Philosophy and Theology, Running, Travel on 25 June 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Several years ago, the day after returning from a semester studying abroad in Oxford, I found myself driving across Orange County to drop my younger sister off at a party. I say, ‘found myself,’ because it was a surreal experience. I drove through at least five cities on two major freeways and a half dozen [...]
Prophecy?
Posted in Personal, Running, Teaching on 18 April 2009 | Leave a Comment »
I found this advertisement many, many years ago– before I was teacher, girlfriend, or much of a runner. It hangs above my desk now, a reminder that guidance comes in all sorts of packages. Rebecca
sleep/run/teach/swim, repeat
Posted in Running on 25 March 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Today I am grateful that I can bookend my school day with running and swimming. A healthy body is not something to be taken for granted, and neither is time to exercise. Rolling out of bed before 5:30am, or slipping in the pool on the way home from classes– these are not even really sacrifices [...]
Reflections
Posted in Literary, Personal, Philosophy and Theology, Running, Teaching on 17 March 2009 | 3 Comments »
Today, I swam one mile. Today, in 5/6 grade we discovered the identity of the Disinherited Knight (in Ivanhoe). Today, I got so engrossed reading “The Silver Tree” (the final book in S. Cooper’s The Dark is Rising series) that I was late to a teachers’ meeting. Today, I see a part of God revealed [...]
Triathlon, check!
Posted in Personal, Running on 7 September 2008 | 1 Comment »
Caitlin and I successfully finished (times to follow) the Pacific Coast Triathlon this morning, here are a couple pictures:
Three glasses of milk later …
Posted in Personal, Running on 2 September 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Perhaps it was the 14-mile run yesterday, or the standing on my feet and teaching junior highers for 3.5 solid hours (sans break) this morning, but I am tired. And I am craving milk like a crazy woman … or like Caitlin and Ellen. Seriously. It’s all I can think about. That, and bed. The [...]
Primal Fears and Primary Elections
Posted in Personal, Philosophy and Theology, Running, tagged 2008 election, primal fears, sharks on 30 August 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Caitlin and I did an ocean swim at Corona Del Mar this morning. No matter how much I tell myself that sharks don’t tend to inhabit the waters off Orange County, it is impossible to shut out the primal fears of murky water. Knowing that there are tens of feet of space beneath me is [...]
Time the destroyer is time the preserver.
Posted in Running, tagged gyms, OCTA, robots on 27 August 2008 | Leave a Comment »
I am presently sitting in the computer lab on the first floor of CSUF’s Pollak Library. As of four minutes ago I am a student replete with a “Titan Card.” Perhaps I should be feeling apprehension or excitement regarding my semester, but I am mostly aware that it is cold in the library. I spent [...]
