Dirty Calves: March 2012

Wednesday, March 14, 2012

Central Park

While having coffee in Central Park last week...cause you can't run all the time!

Monday, March 12, 2012

The Gunks

Running the Shawangunk mountains in New York state (couple hours north of NYC) last Wednesday. Awesome place. Nice soft trails, single tracks, snow, tons o' rock climbers.

Sunday, March 11, 2012

Assault!

Won the Assault on Pine Mountain 9M Trail Race yesterday. I love this course- plenty of singletrack, a couple of tough climbs and some bomber descents!

Quote of the Moment

I eventually realized that direct experience is the most valuable experience I can have. Western man is so surrounded by ideas, so bombarded with opinions, concepts, and information structures of all sorts, that it becomes difficult to experience anything without the intervening filter of these structures. And the natural world – our traditional source of direct insights – is rapidly disappearing. Modern city-dwellers cannot even see the stars at night. This humbling reminder of man’s place in the greater scheme of things, which human beings formerly saw once every twenty-four hours, is denied them. It’s no wonder that people lose their bearings, that they lose track of who they really are, and what their lives are really about.

Michael Crichton, Travels