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Alastair is the real runner in the family, having done multiple marathons over the years. I was a bit envious of all the great friends he was making during that time, so I also started road running in 2010. I… Continue Reading →
Remembering my father, Stanley Bober, 303rd Bomb Group veteran, who would have been 105 years old on May 30, 2023. My father’s parents were born in Poland and migrated individually to the United States in the early 1900’s. He was… Continue Reading →
Over the past couple of years, I’ve participated in trail work events on new sections of the AZT Passage 4 being built near the towns of Sonoita and Patagonia. My first event was in October, 2020, when I joined a… Continue Reading →
I first traveled to Cabo San Lucas with my parents in 1991. They had retired to Tucson, AZ in the mid-80s, and then purchased a timeshare at the Pueblo Bonito Cabo Resort a few years later. By the mid-90s, my… Continue Reading →
One of my favorite state parks in Arizona is Oracle State Park. The park is a 4,000 acre wildlife refuge in the northern foothills of the Catalina Mountains. Oracle State Park was originally a 160-acre ranch owned by the Kannally family… Continue Reading →
I bought my house in the spring of 2002 and spent 6 months renovating parts of it (removing popcorn ceilings, redoing the floors, removing wallpaper, painting, updating electrical, etc). While we did minor updates to the kitchen, I decided to… Continue Reading →
Thinking that I *might* do an 70.3 for my 70th birthday, I thought it was time to get back into triathlons, not having done one since 2016. The Iceman Sprint Triathlon appealed to me because of the open water swim… Continue Reading →
Despite COVID’s impact throughout 2021, and my personal ups and downs, it was a good year overall. December was especially eventful with hikes, runs, swimming, rock climbing, and volunteering with the Pima Animal Care Center. I signed up for the… Continue Reading →
The Valley of Fire Backcountry Trailfest is a weekend of trail races in Logandale, Nevada. I learned about them from a woman I met last June through Meetup.com. Cassie was visiting Tucson from out of town, and was looking for… Continue Reading →
Alastair and I had been interested in exploring more of Utah, so when I was looking at trail races for 2021 the Vacation Races Bryce Canyon event was at the top of the list. We left four days before the… Continue Reading →