A weekly letter about running across countries, aging without slowing down, dogs who changed my life, and the people and places along the way.
Movement is a Privilege
I measure my pace by whether I can still hold a conversation. Then I heard a woman living with ALS explain what she recorded into a text to speech app so her real voice would say it out loud. Two men came back to me at once: Jamey, who crewed my Brazil 135, and my Uncle Walter, who kept running marathons from a wheelchair.
Want to Run in China?
The Mt. Gaoligong Ultra in Yunnan is looking for international runners for March 2027, and for some it comes with airfare, hotel and cultural tours paid. I raced it this year with my son and left wanting to go back, which almost never happens to me.