Withmanyholidayingoutoftown,drivinghadbecomeswift
andevenpleasant.Icouldsensesomeuneaseintheair,
however,asweheadedtotheairportthisquietmorning.
Thekidtalkedless.Thiswashissecondtimegettingon
anairplane.
MynephewHfinishedhisstudyanditwastimetosay
goodbye.HetookthreecoursesthistermandtheGREtest
andpassedallwithflyingcolors.Itremindedmeofmy
crazyquestforthegraduate...[
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Sunday,IjoinedLandhisyoungestson,S,foraruninthe
SantaCruzMountainsnearLosGatos.Ivisitedtheareaa
yearagobutnotthattrail.Worryingaboutmissingthe
7:00amstarttimeandloathingalarmclocks,Ihadtocheck
onceeveryhalfanhourthroughthenight.Iprobablyslept
lessthananhourintotal.
Iarrivedatthetrailhead15minearlyandwastryingto
napinthecarwhenmyfriendsshowedupinultra-running
gears.Lw...[
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MyfriendLandIdecidedtoruntogethernextSundayonhis
hometrail,forabout10miles.Hewaspreparingforanother
100-mileraceandthiswasoneofhistrainingroutes.I,on
theotherhand,hadrunmostlyonflatpavedsurfaces.The
lastandonlytimeIranonatrailwasthreeyearsago.
"You'lldofine."hereassured.
Iwasnotsosure,however.Onpaperatleast,thetrail
seemednolesschallengingthanMissionPeakand...[
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Timranagainandwasfinallyelectedhistorianforthe6th
grade.Comparedwithothers,hiscampaignlookedeffortless:
heputupthreepostersintotalwithoutonepicture,went
onstage,toldafewjokes,andwonbyalandslide.Whatmade
himmoreproudwasthathediditwithnohelpfromus,
whichremindedmeofmyownchildhood.
Inthosetoughyears,momlivedsimple,workedhard,and
savedeverypennybutrarelyhelpedin(read:meddledwi...[
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Overtheyears,IhaveheardaboutDr.WestonPriceandhis
bookfrommanypeople*,butsomehowmanagedtoavoidreading
ituntilrecently.The80-year-oldwork(minewasthe8th
editionand23rdprinting)seemstohavegrowninpopularity
withage.Thereisevenanonlineversion,asIdiscovered
later,allthe528pagesofit.Itwassurprising,however,
thatnoneofthelibrariesIfrequentcarriesthetitle.
Hearingfromothers,Ithought...[
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Ivisitedtheclinicafterathree-yearabsenceandmetmy
newphysician,Dr.Jain.Thepretextwasphysicalcheckup
andtherealgoalwastogethimtoprescribephysical
therapysothatIcanseearolferformyplantarfasciitis
andpostureandphysicalperformancequestions.Irecently
discoveredthatIhad$1000tospendfor2018inmy
HSAaccount."ThedoctorshouldbeIndianandtherefore
moreopentoalternativemedicine&qu...[
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LateNovemberkicksofftheKimjangseason,theannual
festiveperiodacrossthelandofKoreajustbeforewinter,
andIhavereturnedtoKimchi.Senecaurged:daily,acquire
somethingtobetterprepareyourselfagainstfortunewhich
givesandtakesaway.Thesimpleanddown-to-earthgift
fromcultureseemsworthyofapractisingStoic.
It'sbeenalongtime,oneandahalfyearstobeexact,
sinceIlastmadethestuff.Dietex...[
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MyfriendL,58,finishedaftermultiplefailedattemptshis
first100-mileraceearlyNovandlookedgreat.Proudly
showingoffhisshinnybuckle,hestartedtotalkaboutthe
crowneventofultrarunningintheU.S.,theWesternStates
100.It'salotterysystem,heexplained,andhehadto
finishsomeotherracestohavemoreticketsinforabetter
chance.Hewouldn'tgolongerthan100miles,hesaid,and
nexthewasgoingtosp...[
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Intothefall,Timhasbecomebusy,includingweekends.
It'scrabseason,however,andwehaven'tforgotten.Sunday
morning,afterreadingatthecoffeeshopfortwohours,
Iboughtthebait,achickenquarter,atanearbyPhilipino
market,filledthegastank,pickedupTim(who'sjustoff
mathtraining)andgears,andheadedtoSF.
WeenteredviatheBayBridgeandskirtedtheedgeofthe
citytowardourspot.Theareah...[
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It'sanewbattleandIfeellosing.
SinceIstartedstrengthtraininginmid-2015and
intermittentfastinglater,Ihavealwaysbeenabletostay
around146lbs,easily.Mynear-term(2-3years)goalisto
reachSinisterormylimitsatthatweight.Thegreatimage
ofBruceLeecomestomindoftenwhenItrain.Idon'twant
tolookbulkybuteverypoundmustcount.SixmonthsafterI
passedtheSimpleTest,however,thingsstartedto...[
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