For exercising hard and never allowing this disease to get the better of me, I occasionally reward myself with a trip to see the is an all new show for Barry, replacing Music& Passion, which has been headlining and selling out shows at the Hilton theater for the past 3 years. Among is fan base,the [...]
Asthma
Long week of Medical stuff
Monday, Visit with Dyspnea specialist Dr.Susan Jansen She spent a generous amount of time with me (almost 2 hours) and I actually learned quite a bit. I was impressed by her knowledge of pulmonary mechanics and the neuro-mechanisms of dyspnea . Because she knew I was an RT by trade, she was able to speak [...]
Asthma
Back to the depressing business of Asthma
With all the excitement and the welcome distraction of the recent races Ive participated in, it’s easy to forget that just 4 months ago I was sucking on the end of a size #7.0 ET tube, attached to a ventilator. Despite a fairly long run of good breathing days with a few races sprinkled in [...]
Achievements
What an experience
Made it back home in one piece, but very exhausted after the 1200 mile drive. Will whip together a race report in a couple days. BTW… How do you like the hat? (made it myself)
People, Places and Events
ExtraTerrestrial race instructions
Well, it’s finally here! The ET midnight marathon happens this Saturday night on a desolate mountain range somewhere in the middle of the Nevada desert! I’ll be driving down to Las Vegas from the bay area on Saturday morning ( 600 miles one way), picking up a couple of friends along the way. Once we [...]
Inspiration
I’m three years old today
Hard to believe I wrote my first blog post and walked my first race 3 years ago this month. Who would’ve thunk Id still be writing this stuff. Heck, who woulda known I would go on to walk a marathon in Rome Italy. My original intention for this blog was to chronicle this crazy plan [...]
Race Reports
My first 5K
Some of the cool things about doing a short 5K walk is, # 1. It’s easy to bring your camera along. #2. There’s still some food left at the finish line , and #3. You can still walk the next morning ! I’m afraid I couldn’t put much of a race report together, because in [...]
