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Every week that I am at Thacher, a special event, specific to that week, occurs. Some of these events may remain in my mind as lasting memories, such as Gymkhana, the musical, or an especially...
View ArticleBorn to Run
Several times each month, Thacher brings in speakers and scholars who give talks in the evenings. Tonight, Chris McDougall will be speaking about his book, Born To Run, and I am ridiculously excited...
View ArticleEast of Santa Barbara
Returning from Midland, as late afternoon light faded to darkness, some of the boys and I, sitting toward the front of the bus, were talking quietly about our successes at the league championships,...
View ArticleGiving Thanks on the Trails
Early on Thanksgiving Day I participated in a 15k trail race in Topanga Canyon of the Santa Monica Mountains (part of a series of XTERRA trail races in Southern California). While jogging in place and...
View ArticleMy Thacher Bucket List
As my Thacher graduation date is ever looming closer, I can’t help but begin to form a bucket list of things I want to do before I leave. And in terms of my senior year, I think I’ve already done a...
View Article1-2-3 Coyotes
An essential part of my routine is an early-morning run of 40-70 minutes almost every day. Last winter on such a run at about 0630 on McNell, not far from Reeves road, I noticed movement to my lower...
View ArticleA Summer Full of Running
This summer, I spent many hours running and preparing for the upcoming cross country season. This included lots of push-ups and sit-ups when running was not an option (camping trips). I ran in some...
View ArticleWe Are Always Running…
“FOR THE THRILL OF IT, THRILL OF IT! ALWAYS PUSHING UP THE HILL SEARCHING FOR THE THRILL OF IT. OHOHOHOH! 1,2,3 THACHER!” The girls cross country team sings at the top of our lungs before the race. You...
View ArticleFall wrap up
Wow! I can’t believe that fall is almost over!! Looking back, I wonder exactly what I was doing. FIrst, the cross country team had its last league meet several weeks back at Cate School. As expected,...
View ArticleBoston Strong
It is a beautiful time of year in Ojai. I just drove back from a dinner in town with my advisees and we could smell the orange blossoms from Grand Ave. all the way up to campus. It can be very easy...
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