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Snow….in Alabama…in November?

November 29, 2011
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Apparently, I’m a big sucker for getting kicked in the gut. Snow began creeping into the forecast this past weekend and I ignored most of it. After last winter’s devastating fiasco in which I was denied the White Christmas AND the January Flizzard, I refused to get all worked up over a possible November …

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Racing in the Rockies—Frisco, Colorado 2011

June 11, 2011
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This is my second time to do this race, but this year I went for the half marathon. This is one of those that advertise as a “flat and fast 10K, but not really fast for the half”. Very accurate description. I remember the 10K being tough because we had not been in elevation long [...]

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Let’s hike! (and find a dead man) Telluride, Colorado

June 7, 2011
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We knew from the day before, that we had about a 10 mile hike ahead of us. We packed enough supplies for a full day hike, filled our water bottles, grabbed the trekking poles, and set off for the top of Alta lakes in the San Juan Mountains. …

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Icy contentment

January 10, 2011
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The snow didn’t happen. Why I get my hopes up, I have no idea, but I do. When the original forecast has us in the 6-8” zone, I was ecstatic. I knew that we probably wouldn’t get that much, but maybe I could see a good blanket of 2”. The sleet started about 1 pm [...]

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