I arrived in Seattle, the day before yesterday where I met Penny, a grad student friend who moved to Seattle to do her PhD. We had good but not great pasta (lacked seasoning or garlic) in a pretty, bohemian trendy neighborhood of Seattle. The drive to Portland was kind of a drag because of holiday traffic, the 170 miles took me over 4 hours. I saw a lot of crosses and churches along the way and there was a quite a bit of religious programming on the radio, which surprised me. One dude was arguing that the wall between church and state was meant to protect religions from being persecuted, but did not mean that religion could not be infused in public life. So it is a one-way wall. He might pick a different metaphor. What a bunch of nutters...
Yesterday, Wednesday I ran a half marathon on Sauvie Island. My knee which I sprained during soccer two weeks ago held up fine, which was reassuring. The race itself was ok. The scenery was pretty, but got boring after a while. I really prefer city races. It was also really hot, which i hate. My time was a rather underwhelming 1'.58'. Not a great time, but I did not prepare really and considered it more as a training run.
More later
Posted by vana0047 at July 5, 2007 02:48 PMbas
ik wil volgende keer mee !
heb je de Sequoia giganteum - the largest of all living things - gezien ? of de Sequoia sempervirens - one of the oldest trees on earth -
beiden groeien in de streek waar je nu rondhangt !
pleng een traan en omhels ze in mijn plaats !
va
bas
ik wil volgende keer mee !
heb je de Sequoia giganteum - the largest of all living things - gezien ? of de Sequoia sempervirens - one of the oldest trees on earth -
beiden groeien in de streek waar je nu rondhangt !
pleng een traan en omhels ze in mijn plaats !
va