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Royals Nightly
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The Pen's Allright
According to stats kept over at BP, the Royals feature baseball's 13th best bullpen. BP's system is based on ARP (Adjusted Runs Prevented) which takes into account park factors, the situations in which the pen has been used etc etc. A much better explanation can be found here, really fabulous stuff, although not quite like when you used to keep batting average's by hand. Interestingly, their park factor data still has the K playing like a slight hitter's park (runs +3.4%), as opposed to the solidly pitcher-friendly interpretation (runs -17%) produced by espn. Given recent history, I think its safe to assume BP's # is a little closer to being accurate, largely because their formula includes more data and lots of weighted means and stuff.

Looking things in a much simpler, but still illustrative way, the Royals' team ERA from the 7th inning on is 4.65 (not very good, its only 22nd best in baseball). By way of comparision however, 4.65 is awesome, considering that the team ERA in innings 1-6 is a massive 5.14, good for 28th best in baseball.

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Wednesday, April 22, 2009

Brocade - Looking Rough

Ian and Joel have been going great guns on the Brocade, despite less than ideal working conditions. They have had to work on her in semi-secret, because in theory the warehouse where she currently lives is for storage only - but in practice we have been left with little choice, as we haven't been able to find anywhere more suitable to keep her. So we have been covertly empire-building, spreading out our stuff a little further each day, but trying to keep a low profile and not overstep the line. Not easy with such a conspicuous boat!

Yesterday they trailered her over to a boatyard near to the warehouse so they could scuff sand her in preparation for repainting. It would really have been pushing our luck too far to sand her in the warehouse - the other boat owners might not have been best pleased to come back and find their boats covered in a fine layer of silver dust.

It was quite a shock to see her this morning. The last time I saw her she was scruffy and streaky, her silver paint blemished by many months at sea. But she was still recognizably silver. Today she was, errr, well, looking a bit rough. Scuffed, most definitely.

But as with all decorating projects, she has to look worse before she looks better. We have now managed to find a boatyard where Joel can paint her over the weekend. We have to be out by Monday, but that should just about give us enough time to get two coats of "Seattle Grey" on her, economizing by using a painting technique called "rolling and tipping", rather than spraying.

It's all a bit seat-of-the-pants due to the ridiculous tightness of our budget, but we're managing. I am eternally grateful to Joel (of JUNK fame) and Ian for their fantastic work, and their willingness to live with uncertainty as we improvise and make do and mend.

Maybe one day I will have a budget and a huge team like Ellen MacArthur or Alex Thomson, but for now it is curiously life-affirming to see what can be achieved with minimal funds, but a huge amount of determination, enthusiasm, and creativity!

Photos: (top) - Brocade before sanding..... and (middle) after.

(Bottom) rudder fixtures - old (black one, on top) and new (stainless steel, below) - a huge improvement in strength and durability, and our biggest expenditure so far at $1,150. Ouch!

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  1. Hi Roz,
    I'm so glad you're getting good help! And glad to know that your resources, though slim, seem to be adequate. I'm sure you'll remember to look after the Brocade's seaworthiness rather than just her image. All the best...

  2. i'm glad you are repainting her all the way and not just doing the "nailpolish method" :-)
    i still feel strongly to adding orange to the top surfaces. it would be soooo much easier to spot in the ocean if something were to happen to you. with grey you are so camouflaged!
    of course nothing IS going to happen, so it doesn't matter - it would just make me and probably some other folks feel better....

  3. Wow, I'm really impressed.

  4. Hi Inka (aka Adventure Mate) - I know what you're saying about the grey. But I'm generally happier being not seen than seen. I tried to like the idea of orange, but somehow it was just too radical a change from the silver. Call me a wimp, but I just couldn't do it!

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Monday, July 27, 2009

Day 64 - It's Not About The Boat

Anna asked: How has your mindset changed from your first adventure? I am
assuming that you grow each journey?

My mindset actually changed a lot DURING my first adventure – it had to.
When I look back to my attitude before the Atlantic crossing, I marvel
at how I could have been so well informed and yet so naïve. Many people
had been incredibly generous in giving me the benefit of their wisdom
and experience, and yet I chose to blank so much of it out. Oh, I won't
have that problem. Oh, it's going to be just fine.

And yet… maybe it was necessary for me to be that naive, because if I'd
known at the start just how hard I would find the voyage, I'm not sure I
would have ever started it.

It didn't take long for the reality to hit me like a hammer blow. I
really, really struggled to come to terms with the frustrations of
thwarted progress, the discomfort of being constantly wet and cold, the
pain of the tendonitis in my shoulders, and the uncomfortable feeling
that I was way out of my depth (literally) and had been a total idiot to
take on the challenge in the first place.

But I was too stubborn to quit, so I had to find a way to get through it
– and that was a very steep learning curve. I had many "a-ha" moments
while I was out on the ocean, but it was largely through the process of
giving presentations and writing the book during the couple of years
that followed that I really figured out what I had learned.

My book (Rowing The Atlantic) goes into a lot more detail about what I
learned – in fact, that is really the point of the book – but if I had
to pick the Top 3 things, they would be:

1. Accept what you can't change. On the ocean, this usually refers
to the weather. On dry land, it might be other people. You can fight
reality all you like, but you'll only drive yourself crazy.
2. The biggest task can be broken into little pieces. Just deal
with the next half hour if the next 3,000 miles is too much to get your
head around. Focus on the process.
3. Patience, perseverance, persistence. Discipline, determination,
dedication. With these things there isn't much you can't do.
Unfortunately none of them come easily to me – but that doesn't stop me
trying to acquire them.

I forget my own lessons as often as not (e.g. my frustration with the
smelly poopy booby birds!), and have to keep reminding myself what I
learned before. But gradually they're starting to become second nature.

Do I grow on every journey? I hope so – or else what is the point? On
the Atlantic I felt I'd learned a lot about how NOT to row an ocean, so
I wanted to put that to the test. That is what the Pacific Stage 1 was
about – and yes, I proved to myself that I really had learned the
lessons. So the first two rows were fairly inward-looking, working on

Pacific Stage 2? I'd like to think I'm maturing into a new, more
outward-looking phase. I'm figuring out that I can use my rowing as a
way to communicate with people and maybe have some influence in the
bigger scheme of things.

Lance Armstrong's book was called "It's Not About The Bike", and I feel
like my rowing is only about 10% about the rowing. It's much more about
me trying to be a better person, and trying to make the world a better
place. It might seem weird to try and do that from a tiny rowboat in the
middle of the ocean – but if you're reading this blog then I must be
doing something right!

[No photo today - I'm having real problems uploading the blog over the
satellite phone connection, so am going to try it minus photo attachment.
It was only a picture of me anyway...]

Other Stuff:

Today started out so well… and ended up in the navigational House of
Horror. I was awake at 5am, the ocean was nice and calm, so I was up
bright and early and rowing under the stars. And all went well for the
morning and early afternoon, and I even dared allow myself a glimmer of
optimism that I would cross over 4 degrees North. Indeed, I got within 3
miles of it. But then I got caught up in a succession of squalls that
swirled everything around. I felt like I was in one of those electric
food mixers with the three spinning whisks, caught up in all kinds of
confusing winds and currents. After going east, north, west, northwest,
southwest, and northeast, I got fed up and put out the sea anchor. And I
hope that by morning the weather might have made up its mind what it
wants to do. Or there's going to be cussing from the cabin…

A reminder – if you'd like to reserve your exclusive Larabar bookmark,
free when you pre-order my book Rowing The Atlantic, just send your
Amazon confirmation email, or any other pre-order confirmation, to, and we'll add you to the list. Obviously we
can't start sending out the bookmarks until I get to dry land with the
empty Larabar wrappers – so thank you for your patience!

Ciao to all the Rozionados! (or should that be Hola? Anyway…) Thanks for
the comments – when the going gets tough, the comments keep me going.

Eco Champs of the Day: Stephanie and Wayne!
"Regarding our ocean cleanup at the same marina from which you set out,
we pulled up two carts worth of garbage, to include a huge plastic
covering for a mast and a boat fender. All in all, over 100 pounds of
garbage, much of which was plastic and fiberglass. Not bad for a grand
total of six people. We'll look to do it again on Ocean Awareness day,
coming up soon... Stay strong and happy!"
Great job – that must have been a great feeling to leave the marina
cleaner than you found it – and the ocean wildlife thanks you too! Many
places have regular beach cleanups – if other people would like to get
involved, in the US you can contact the Blue Frontier Campaign which
supports grassroots marine conservation efforts and can probably put you
in touch with a local organizer.

Janis – I wish you could indeed arrange an air drop of grapefruit and
summer squash – at this stage anything a bit different from the norm
would be most welcome! Oh my word, I'm salivating at the thought of a

Arnoldus in the Netherlands – no, I don't worry about big waves. I'd
probably just ride up and over, and even if they knocked my boat over,
she'd come right side up again. Nice idea about the beer rendezvous!

Alex – the Green People sunblock IS awesome. It's available through the
store at Just click on the Green People icon - and I get
a commission on that too, so feel free to order lots! Just a word of
caution – not sure if they can deliver to the US, if that's where you're
located… do check first.

UncaDoug – very entertained by your comment and the IRCN [Inspi-Rozional
Collaborative Nexus] – and I LOVE the idea of mobilizing the Rozlings to
help out with some PR. I get emails from people saying "how come this is
the first we've heard about you?" – so it would be great if you could
help spread the word. It would be especially great if we could generate
some awareness in the UK and Europe in the run-up to my march from
London to Copenhagen in October-December this year for the climate
change conference. PR for me is PR for my cause! So yes please, DO write
to your local paper – or better still, organize a Rozalicious bake sale
(maybe to celebrate my Equator crossing if it ever happens) to give the
story some local interest and write to the paper about THAT!

Thanks also for the perspective on my progress. I think I need to stop
zooming in so close on my GPS – a rather depressing view right now – and
zoom out to the bigger picture, which looks MUCH better! And just today
I was wondering why you do the Crescent Moon Watch – and now I know!

Cindy Maxwell – what a brilliant idea! I am so touched that you do
that!! That is a wonderful way to spread the word. In case anybody else
feels inclined to do the same, Cindy has this message as the footer on
her emails:
"I'm following Roz Savage, as she rows solo across the Pacific Ocean."

Michele – thank you – made me laugh! Glad you're enjoying the blog –

Quick answers to quick questions:

Q: How did you first make contact with Leo?
A: We were introduced by a mutual friend, Bill Chayes, who has been
working with me on plans for a documentary about my Pacific row. Bill
invited both Leo and me to dinner at his lovely house in Petaluma, Leo
loved what I'm doing, and the rest is history!

Q: Do you have an emergency sail in case your oars break and the oars
are irreparable?
A: No, I don't. I have 4 oars, very strong ones made out of ash with a
carbon fiber wrap, so I'd be really unlucky to break all of them. I
could probably make a sail out of my bimini (sun canopy) but I don't
really rate my chances of managing to steer without a proper mast and
boom. So, erm, best strategy is not to break the oars!

Weather report:

Position at 2150 HST: 04 03.865N, 175 01.018W
Wind: SE-E, 3-20 knots
Seas: SE-E, 4-8 feet
Weather: mostly sun and clouds, with passing squalls making a right old
mess of things

Weather forecast courtesy of

Using last night's Feedblitz blog email (22 Jul), reported position was:
04 32N 175 19W as of 22Jul 1930HST. Your are still in the ECC which is
good because you might want to be at this latitude for as long as you

As of Thursday, 23 July 2009. Wind predictions still uncertain while
in the area of the Equatorial region. According measured data, there is
SE winds 15-17kts over your area. To the SE (between 01N to 04N and
168W-170W) of your position, there was a patch of measured winds of
40-50kts in rainshowers.

It would appear you are almost through the southern boundary of the
ITCZ. According to satellite imagery, there is minimal convection south
of 05N. There is one exception.the patch of high winds to the SE. This
is associated with downdraft winds in convective cloud activity.

Movement eastward should be viewed as positive because south of the
Equator the prevailing E to SE winds will carry you westward with no
problem. If you are too far to the west already, potential landing spots
in the southern hemisphere might be missed. So just hang on for the ride
and take the Eerly current as long as it lasts.

Sky conditions: Partly to mostly cloudy. Isolated rainshowers, squalls,
and possible thunderstorms.

Forecast (low confidence due to extreme variability in Roz's position
and the fluctuations in wind direction/speed in the Doldrums)
Date/Time HST Wind kts Seas (ft) est
23/1800-25/1800 SE 12-17 3-7
25/1800-28/1800 ESE 10-15 4-6

Next Update: Monday, 27 July

  1. Hi Roz,

    Doing my usual snurfing the 'net this AM, found a designer person who favorited this TED Talk by Capt Chas Moore about how much plastic is in the ocean...of course, this reminded me of your quest.

    Looking at the RozTracker I see that overnight you've been pushed back again...bummer...but you still make progress...wondering if there is a way to capture the tracker to print on a poster?

    Still looking for a songwriter...methinks, "Roz is Rowing Right into Tomorrow" could be a hit on the Eco-Adventurer Billboard.

    Keep rowin'

    Rozta' Bill

  2. Hey...forgot to there a hashtag for your quest on Twitter? I appended #oceanrower but nobody's picking up on it.

    Rozta' B

  3. Doug Stewart1:50 pm GMT

    In (fantasy) chatting with Sir Winston the other day, he was wondering . . . you know, with your book coming out and all . . . if you had his comment of years ago in mind as you worked on it: “History will be kind to me for I intend to write it.” (No need to publicly answer that – Simon & Schuster might be listening!) – Doug S.

  4. Anonymous2:20 pm GMT

    To Roztafarian Bill: Making a poster: I tried doing a screen capture on Tracker; copied it into Microsoft Powerpoint; cropped off unwanted bits; saved it as a picture by right-clicking on the picture itself and selecting the appropriate item; opened Microsoft Publisher, selected the largest size, landscape, and inserted the picture. That does work, but no doubt people using other programs would suggest other ways of doing it. I have just become accustomed to doing it this way. Rita Savage.

  5. Rita, you seem your normal bright self. I hope your recovery is proceeding well and you are not in any discomfort.

  6. Roz,

    Keep up the great rowing! You are a regular part of my day as I follow your progress and make small, simple choices like not buying bottled water (I carry an alumnium water bottle) and brining reusable bags to the grocery store.

    Keep rowing - this Rozling joins the many others who cheer you on for each stroke.

  7. Anonymous4:45 pm GMT

    Thank you, Texino. There are times when I can almost forget that anything has been done to the hips. Not quite up to walking 10,000 steps a day yet, as Roz asks us to try to do in her Pull Together challenge. Yesterday I did manage 5,000. Rita.

  8. Roz, so kind of you to acknowledge. If in Los Angeles area between February and October, I am happy to share with you. You are continuing to do an awesome job!

    Rita, read your 5K steps post. You are awesome, too!

    Hang in there, you will PULL through this. The grapefruit are hanging on the tree waiting for you.

    Woodland Hills, CA

  9. It not about the boat.

    Amazing determination

    ~ Gregory

  10. "It was only a picture of me anyway..."

    But Roz, we *like* pictures of you! It helps with that personal human contact, which is so hard to achieve via web communications! It helps us grok the scale of what you are doing, how far away from any of us you are IRL, and yet still give us that connection. (Of course, if a picture's truly worth 1,000 words, and there's an either/or choice to be made, I think you made the right one!)

    I only wish there were a way you could see the thousands of faces that are peering back and cheering you on whilst you're out there battling squalls, the ITCZ, sharks, and remoras. (Eww, I shouldn't have reminded you about that last one, should I?) I wish I could give you a day off while I rowed instead!

    Very best,

  11. I saw a word of the day, bardolater, meaning, one that idolized Shakespeare. Of course, I thought, what about Rozalater?

    Most of us are 'lurkers', just watching, reading, listening to the podcast, but not replying directly. Don't think for a moment that we're not here. We are!

    Keep at it -- looking more and more like your preferred Tuvalu will be a possibility.

    Sending you positive karma.

  12. Anonymous9:02 pm GMT

    Hey Roz,

    Just pre-ordered my copy of Rowing the Atlantic from Malaprops. The gal said, "Cool! We'll have to order a lot since this is the kind of book our readers Love!!"

    Laurey in Asheville

    P.S. I can't wait to read it and, if I HAVE to put it down, to save my place with one of your Larabar bookmarks.

    P.S. #2 - I have a catering company and a restaurant, as I think I've mentioned. We carry bottled water with our name on the bottle. Yes, plastic. Yes, the disposable kind. WE recycle the bottles but probably not everyone does. So I am going to use up the rest of the bottles we have (the company makes them by the pallet load for us) and then I will not order any more.

    We also carry nalgene water bottles with our motto "Don't Postpone Joy(r)" on them but they are the good, hard, reuseable kind, not the disposable kind. We will continue to encourage folks to use them and will, once this order is finished, no longer sell the disposable ones.

    Thank you for your inspiration.

  13. *one day late*

    Thank you so much for answering my question, Roz! I had no idea it was such a controversial issue! Shows how little I know . . .

    "When there were
    just a few million of us . . . our impact was still negligible. But now
    there are 6.5 billion of us, consuming like crazy, and much of our waste
    lasts a very long time."

    I never thought about that, but you're right. Back then, we didn't have to worry so much about our waste and pollution, but now that we have the great responsibility of having advanced technology, while we have lowered the death count and made many wonderful things, we have created many more things that pollute and destroy, and our old habits of wasting and wanting more are, as you say, coming back to bite us!

    "We don't need to wind the clock back to a
    pre-industrial age – better instead to forge ahead and create a new
    style of living that combines the best of the old with the best of the
    new, allowing us to live in balance with nature in a way that is
    infinitely sustainable."

    AMEN!!! I agree with that completely! Excellent point :D A balance in all things is good, and I agree that we shouldn't go backwards in time. Better to change our behaviour while still moving forward to preserve humanity.

    interest in sustainability is utterly selfish. I want to live a long,
    healthy life on a pleasant, clean, thriving planet."

    Lol, I won't feel guilty about being selfish about it anymore, then ;)

    Today's post was extremely inspirational. Those three points are so true, and I'm going to remember them. I think they can be applied to every challenge in life. I know it's not as physically challenging as rowing across an ocean, but I did National Novel Writing Month last year, where you have to write 50,000 words in a month, and I had to keep repeating something similar to your second point to myself: "Just a few more words until 10k! Just a few more words until 12k!" I'm going to see if I can't find a way to more fully apply the other two points in my writing. Whenever somebody in a book casually throws something like a plastic cup away, I always feel disappointed--I didn't realize that about myself until today while reading your blog. I guess it's because in books you can do almost whatever you want, so why draw attention to something like throwing plastic away? I'm a packrat. I don't like throwing things away. Plus plastic doesn’t turn into compost very well, and I know from experience as a child that it makes playing in the dirt or gardening disgusting. YUCK! I usually tend to mention what the garbage was used for after the fact, like a plastic cup being used to hold pencils on a desk, or something else depending on what the garbage is. Now I know why I do that! Better to show what can be done to fix something rather than just what the problem is, right?

    Thank you for your honest opinion on things :) It has helped me to see myself and things clearer. I love reading about your adventures! (*giggle* and the stormcloud picture was beautiful!)

  14. Re: the morning's Tweet "7 little birds on boat this morning" sounds like the beginning of a rousing sea ditty. Lyrics anyone? I'm thinking it would be the tale of the trials of punching through 4N and should end on a pretty island somewhere with rum and Johnny Depp.

  15. Anonymous11:53 pm GMT

    Still can't get to if using Internet Explorer. Where is the technical team?
    Lot's of others are missing out.

  16. Okay, Joan ... I'll add a possible title (make it better please) and a second line:

    "Tuvalu Tale of Sloggin' Oar Punch"

    7 little birds on boat this morning
    Red eastern sky be a storm forewarnin'

    .. let's see where this goes ...

  17. Miles lost to squalls
    While you toss in yer cabin
    There's 4N to cross and ye've got to start rowin'

    That's a stretch on the rhymes, but now we need the chorus.

  18. Is there an A A B C A rhyme scheme? I know way too little about poetry for an English major.

  19. Ok, Ya'll ... this needs some smoothing out ... on a roll, but no sense of seamanship!

    "Tuvalu Tale of Sloggin' Oar Punch"

    7 little birds on boat this morning
    Red eastern sky be a storm forewarnin'
    Early mornin' calm, stars they do glimmer
    Woken from a dream dare say lost my course.
    Miles lost to squalls tossin'in me cabin

    Thar's four en to cross, then I'm down under.
    Harder me girls ye've got to start rowin'
    Sloggin' soddin' south, winds are ablowin'
    Boobies long forgotten, stench like a horse
    Muster me poopie, soon it be flaggin'

    ... ok your turn ... fill it in ... find a tune ... LOL

  20. Anonymous3:12 am GMT

    Let me try another one ....

    I'm not good at patience,
    I'm not good at rhymes,
    I need western movement
    On these longitudinal lines.
    And if the gods will protect me,
    And take me still far,
    I'll keep on a-munching my Larabar.

    And for Joan in Atlanta, who gave us a theme:

    I know that my poem
    Seems pretty dumb,
    It sounds a lot better
    After quite a few shots of rum.
    And there's an island awaiting
    It's the next logical step,
    Because waiting on the beach
    Is that hunk Johnny Depp.

    (With apologies to everyone)

    Richard, in Austin

  21. Great, Richard! LOL and love 'em both!

  22. Vern Cassin5:35 am GMT

    Roz, I was thinking that your struggles in the ITCZ are a nice metaphor for the existential situations you described in your own life. Sometimes you can be moving along comfortably with a current but not ultimately heading where you want to go. It's the process of struggling through your own internal ITCZ, where the currents and winds are confusing and trying to push you back, that eventually allows you to come out of the confusion and choose the direction that is right for you. You're a wonderful and brave girl, Roz, and I'm proud to be a Rozling.

  23. Anonymous6:10 am GMT

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Sunday, May 4, 2008

Loving Old Navy

Say buh bye, to the old boring tote bag. Above thanks to Old Navy is a clutch that converts to a tote bag. Gotta love a double duty bag. Plus it comes in 4 colors and currently is on sale for a mere 10.00. woohoo.

Now if you have dollars to spare , you can get a L.A.M.B. one from the lovely Gwen Stefani for 498.00 umm no thanks Nordstrom's

Diane said...

Hey...I have that old navy bag in pretty, I love it. I haven't converted it yet, I had too much junk in it at the time!


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LTW Readers Q&A | 13

Received another rules question about sailing the course, this time from Luigi Cuccotti, IRO from Italy.

In his E-mail he writes: I have a Q&A to submit which I’m sending in the attachment. The facts are true, but in this race I was a competitor, not the chairman of the race committee. Thanks a lot for your kind attention.

His Q:

Race for Off Shore boats, with marks. Windward-Leeward course.
The Sailing Instructions establish:

  1. “The change course will be signaled according to rule 33.”
  2. “The boats are obliged to tune in on the official channel VHF 72. The race committee will be listening to boat communications during the race on this channel, and will make radio communications as well, when possible, about the race and, when required, will make changes to sailing instructions under rule 89.2(c) RRS ISAF 2005-2008”

  1. During the second leg (leeward leg) the chairman of the Race Committee said on the radio, on the official channel: “Change next leg, new compass bearing is 125° (the old was 120°) and the length of the leg is 2.2 nautical miles (the old length was 2.0 n.m.).”
  2. The Race Committee chairman didn’t announce any changes to sailing instructions.
  3. Near the leeward mark there was a race committee boat, she displayed only flag “C” and made sound signals.
  4. This boat did not show
    - a board with the new compass bearing or a triangular green flag
    - a board with +
  5. Change of the next leg of the course wasn’t made according to rule 33, as established on the sailing instructions.

Has a boat, who does not round the new mark indicated by radio, but rounds the old mark, sailed the course correctly according to rule 28?

My A:

No, in my opinion the boat has not sailed the correct course. If you apply the string test, it doesn't pass the new mark on the required side.

The change in the sailing instructions was done orally by radio, but that is permitted because the procedure to do so, is stated in the SI (Rule 89.2(c)). Boats are obliged to listen to CHF-channel 72 and the change was announced. She should have rounded the new mark.

However, in order to disqualify this boat, she must first be protested by someone, be it by the RC or another competitor. A boat may not be disqualified without a hearing for breaking rule 28. If the PC decided that the boat did break that rule, she is then entitled to ask for redress, because she will then be DSQ'd and that is a significant worsening of her score.

The boat might be able to get redress, since one of the requirements of rule 62.1 has been met (requirement a).Not showing the compass bearing or a green triangle and a board with a "plus" sign, as written in rule 33, is an omission by the RC.

But the boat must also show there was "no fault of her own". If this boat has heard the radio transmission, that would be very hard to uphold. Because she chose to ignore that message, there is, at least in part, some fault of her own.

Even if she didn't hear the VHF-radio message, the PC must find out why. If there was no good reason to not listen (and that does not include a broken VHF), part of the fault again lies with the boat.

If she just sailed to the old mark because she wanted to show how "wrong" the RC was doing, she is NOT entitled to redress and the DSQ will stand.

What is your opinion?

  1. I disagree with Jos's conclustion that boats are required to round the 'new mark'.

    Rule 27.1 provides that the RC shall designate the course to be sailed, if the SI have not stated the course, not later than the Warning Signal. So the course is fixed at not later than the Warning Signal.

    Rule 33 provides the only way that the RC is permitted to change a leg (and therefore the position of a mark) after the start. It requires specific signals. It is not changed in the SI. The Facts and conclusions state that the course was not changed in accordance with rule 33.

    In my view if the leg of the course is not changed in accordance with rule 33, that is not signalled in accordance with rule 33, then it has not been properly changed at all, and remains as originally designated by the RC before the warning signal. Boats that rounded the 'old' mark sailed the course correctly according to rule 28. Boats that did not round the 'old' mark did not sail the course correctly.

    Jos is absolutely right: no boat can be penalised under rule 28 unless there is a protest and a hearing.

    In my view if the boat rounding the 'old' mark protests boats that did not round that mark, those boats should be DSQ (if the protestor can prove that they did not round the 'old' mark). THEN, those boats have grounds for redress in that they were induced to sail to the 'new' mark by the improper action of the RC.

    As another possibility, the boat that rounded the 'old' mark, if its score was worse than boats rounding the 'new' mark, could seek redress without protesting the other boats. Now PC cannot DSQ the other boats because a PC may not initiate a protest based on information in a redress (rule 60.3(a)). What the PC might do is grant redress by giving the boat(s) that rounded the 'old' mark scores for 1st, 2nd, 3rd and so on in accordance with their order of finishing or corrected times, then give the boats that rounded the 'new' mark points, starting from one more than the last of the 'old' mark boats, again according to their order of finishing or corrected times. Justification is that the 'old' mark boats have had a fair race among themselves, and have sailed the correct course and deserve points for that. The 'new' boats have also had a fair race among themselves, although they did not sail the correct course and should not be awarded better scores than the 'old' mark boats.

    I am afraid that Jos has also been too generous to the RC about the radio transmission. The SI requires that the RC will makd changes to the SI by VHF radio 'under rule 89.2(c)'. Rule 89.2(c) requires that 'changes to the SI shall ... be communicated to each boat before her warning signal'. There is no way that SI can be changed once the warning signal is given.

    Even if the RC did attempt to change the SI before the warning signal, rule 89.2(c) requires that the change be 'communicated to each boat': If the RC was doing this by hail, they would fly Flag L, come within hail, and keep a strict list of each boat that sailed by and received the shouted change. With VHF radio, the RC cannot just broadcast into thin air and hope that boats will hear: analogous to what they would do with the hailing procedure, they should make sure that they obtain a radio acknowledgement from each boat to meet the rule 89.2(c) requirements.

  2. I think the correct course was round the new mark. The signalling of the new course was an improper action by the RC. The question is, has a competitor's score been made significantly worse by it, through no fault of her own.

    I think the competitor was at fault. He should have known there was a change of course because of flag C. He knew of the arrangements for radio transmissions. If he had missed the instructions on the radio, he could have asked.

    I think the RC should protest the boat which rounded the old mark so as to avoid a fudge.

    Some new information might come out in the protest hearing.

    The RC should not be afraid to say 'Sorry'.

  3. Change of course

    I believe the boat has sailed the correct course, and its result stands.
    The other boats then have to be considered for redress.
    The race committee did not change the sailing instructions – Fact found
    The display of “Charlie” was of no effect as under the rule if no flag or + or – was not shown it was of no effect.
    The boat therefore sailing in accordance with the originally posted course must have been correct.
    There is no information as to whether the sailing instructions specified whether there would be a new mark or not and no information as to whether these were fixed marks.
    In the alternative, considering the radio broadcast as a purported change of sailing instructions.
    The broadcast could have been an oral change of instructions, but it
    1. Should have said it was a change of sailing instructions, and specified the change, such as Charlie alone.
    2. Should have required acknowledgment, so the race committee knew all boats had received the broadcast.
    In the absence of either or both then there was in my opinion an improper act or omission, that a request for redress to be founded on.
    The other factors, such as no fault, and the effect on score need to be proven.
    Do not forget the broadcast was completely in line with RRS 33 and no change of instructions could be implied, but a boat would then expect the correct signals or assume no change of course had yet been posted.
    If the race committee say they intended this as a change of SI, then unless the boat, says it understood this, but because it saw an incorrect procedure, went to the old mark regardless, I believe the boat should get redress and be given a finishing position.
    As to the other boats:-
    Here we have:-
    1. A new mark (further away and to one side) but the original mark was still there.
    2. A broadcast of information.
    Here we have to be careful when considering what the improper act or omission may have been.
    Placing the new mark would not seen to fall into this category
    What of the broadcast?
    This was consistent with an impending change, but boats should not have acted upon it unless it was correctly signalled. If they did therefore there was a fault on their part and thus no redress. Preferred by me.
    If we considered the broadcast to be an improper act, and the incomplete Charlie, to be improper and confusing in view of the broadcast (a generous approach) we could then give redress if the other parts of the rule were complied with.
    Here redress would be to give them their finishing position. This could mean two firsts one for those on the correct course and one on the second course. If there was other information as to places available this could be reviewed.

  4. I think Jos’s and Wag’s opinions are reasonable.
    1. VHF 72 is often used in case of calling OCS or changing the leg at our club’s regattas, but not for the official broadcast. It is an only supplementary for the racing signals.
    2. In the SIs, the boat are obliged to tune in on the channel 72.
    3. The RC made an improper action which was “only” not showing the new compass bearing or a green triangle flag and plus sign. But I think the RC’s broadcast was good enough to substitute these improper actions.
    4. Then the new mark rounding is only correct.
    5. However, by my test calculation, the distance from the old mark to the new one is about 500m apart. The distance is not the nearest and then it may not easy for some boats to find the new mark, even if those boats confirm flag C and sounds. If there was good reason to not listen the broadcast, the boat may be entitled to ask for redress. ------ Two consistent marks are the root of the confusion.

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I am getting paranoid. Been so since last week when I attended a talk on fire safety.

I never given this subject much thought until this talk. Firstly, look at the statistics. There were 2799 fire in Singapore between January to June this year. Of these, 401 were household fire which made it an average of 2 household fire per day. I am totally surprised. And I thought that staying in apartments is safer but this is apparently not so.
Also, I thought like many others that in the event of a electrical overload, the safety circuit breaker will trip and cut off power supply thus preventing a fire. Boy am I wrong! Just look at this video of the burning Christmas tree. Apart from the speed in which the fire spread, look at the light on the right. It continued to light up until the fire reached it!
So I did an audit of the various hazardous areas around the house.
First, the TV wall. There is only 1 wall socket. From there, I have one extension wire which have another extension wire. Altogether, from 1 wall socket, it branched out to 6 outlets powering 7 devices; the tv, an amplifier (yeah I am that old school), a DVD, a cable set-top, a Xbox, a fan and 1 spare for charging batteries. Okay at least nowadays the Xbox is gathering dust and not plug in.
Another area is the opposite wall where 1 wall socket leads to an extension wire with 5 outlets juicing up the Princess’s computer, monitor and printer and the wireless telephone with 1 spare outlet. But here most of the power points are switched off at night.
More terrible is the other wall where I have 2 fish tanks. There 1 wall socket branched out to a 3 ways which branched out to 2 separate wires making a total of 9. These power 2 lights for the fish tanks and 3 filters and 2 air pumps. Except for the lights, the rest runs continuously and is never switched off.
But even more scary than all these is the fact that in the past months, there have been 3 instances when somebody in the house forgot to turn off the gas stove. Once it got so bad that it caught the attention of an opposite neighbour who had to rush over.
I have fire insurance for the house but what is the point of insurance if there are casualties? Money can never replace life. Okay did the minimum that can be done for the time being. Went out and bought 3 fire extinguishers and a smoke detector. And a note to everybody to check and make sure all unused appliances are switched off at the mains rather than just leave on standby mode. Hopefully that will be enough.

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    I know what you mean so I think the least we could do is to ensure that sockets/extention gangs are PUB certified not those cheap cheap type.

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What a Week: Tales of a Banana Slug!

I am not cut out for a sedentary life!!  I got to experience what one feels like this week.  I had to attend a vendor sponsored conference which meant everything was mandatory and the days were long with every minute scheduled.  Day started at 6 AM and ended at 10 PM.  I was there Monday-Thursday.  I wear a Garmin FR15 with the fitness tracker.  I normally, even at work, get between 9,900-12,000 steps a day.  While at the conference I  got 3,000 or less.  Not to mention there was hardly a vegetable or piece of fruit to be found.  That may be a side effect of being in a male dominated field.  It was an alcohol, meat and potatoes bonanza!

I am a pretty health conscience girl so I don't usually experience that kind of sedentary life with no healthy food.  Even though I am normally really active and healthy, by Thursday I could already feel that I felt sluggish and less like myself.  I can see how if you get in that mode you might not have enough energy to turn it around, but also I can't imagine anything, short of a brief work trip, forcing me into that position long term.  I also could not be on the road all the time.  I like being home and have really set up my own life around my health and fitness priorities.

As soon as my plane landed I headed to the gym for an hour of weight training then to my chiropractor.  I ran a quick one miler with hubby after dinner and was back out for my pre-dawn run on Friday.  I was able to cook us a healthy meal Thursday and the rest of the week.  This week, more than any of my other travel, gave me a glimpse of why I make the choices I make.  It came at a good time.  I have been struggling with motivation and some injuries but I felt really recommitted when I came back.  All of sudden what seemed like an obligation felt like a privilege, after I was not allowed to do it.  It is amazing how your perspective can turn around.

I guess I may have needed a less intense week after my half, and to find my love of all things healthy again.  I am back on track.  Got my strength training in on Thursday and Saturday and runs in everyday.  I am happy to be back in my routine and feeling like myself again.  Now to train for my next half marathon.

Today I am grateful that most of the time my lifestyle allows me to make good health a priority.

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Monday, January 2, 2012

2011 in Review

I'm not a huge "make a big deal of the new year rolling in" gal, but I do take a moment to think back on the past 365 days and reflect on the path taken.

2011 was a year of highs, lows, sideways, backwards and forwards. Through it all, I weathered the storm and came out all the better.

Highlights of 2011:

1. Leonard (aka BootNabber) came into my life, or me in his, not sure which

2. I found the most amazing group of runners and am lucky to feel part of a running community. I posted about this before, but they will never truly understand what they bring to my life.

3. I stayed gainfully employed. I never take this for granted.

4. I was lucky enough to say goodbye in person to an amazing women. A women I called "grandmother" for many decades.

5. I continued to complete 26.2 miles this past year; twice over

6. I felt loved all year long by my family

7. I was graced every day with wisdom, kindness, love and attention by my best friends; Sandi and Ben.

8. I've grown as a person a lot in the past year. I think my friends would say I am stronger, wiser and braver than I have ever been.

9. While I haven't found love, I have met some wonderful people along the way and still believe the love of my life is out there; somewhere. Yes, I'm a romantic at heart :-)

  1. I'm so happy I met you this year, and I'm excited to run together in 2012!

  2. I love that photo of the Bootnapper! I concur with Cate - I'm so happy we met this year. Looking forward to more good times in 2012!

  3. Beautiful post, Jana. Meeting you and Lenny were definitely a 2011 highlight for me!


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Tuesday, June 16, 2015

Mirror Mirror on the Wall

When you're looking at your self in the mirror, you have to remember that that image is only a part of you.~ Judith Jamison

Ever since Jeff and I set the intention to heal the tremors that have been with me for years, I've been giving a lot of thought about mirrors, how I see myself and seeing myself through the eyes of others from the past along with a concept called mirror neurons.

During this morning's meditation, I had a brief moment where I felt the fear of paralytic polio and seeing myself through the cold rejecting neglectful eyes of my mother -- and then I shifted to remembering the wonderful vision I had of a Being that was pure Love and came to me to get me through the mess of my childhood... and I reflected on mirrors and how we see ourselves and how fear and love can't co-exist...

I used to be incredibly self conscious about head and hand tremors. I recall people's stares and inquiries that I internalized so that I was in fact creating a loop for the tremors to continue. Fearing that the tremors would happen and someone would see them increased their intensity. I also fed the fires of self consciousness that would not allow my nervous system to heal from all that went before with how others saw me after I contracted paralytic polio sadly including my very own family members. When I returned to school in September after contracting paralytic polio at the end of my kindergarten year. I was using two crutches and was in a full metal leg brace wearing red polio shoes. My mother and grandmother made the decision that my beautiful long hair needed to be cut into a pixie haircut because it was just too much trouble to care for. I had put on weight because I had been paralyzed for several months and was unable to exercise.

So last week, after having a flashback in the locker room (details not important) at WaveHealth after a great swimming workout, I realized that I needed to create a new internal mirror for myself that was filled with love, compassion, kindness and faith!

I decided the tremors are invisible. They are healed and gone. I am beautiful, strong, confident. The girl who experienced paralytic polio and violence is gone. I am creating a new biology, neurology and neuromuscular net free from the constraints of those experiences.

Last Friday, after declaring that the tremors are invisible, I am healed and I can trust with every fiber of my Being that everything is healed, we bumped into a dear friend of ours who has known me for years. I hadn't seen her in a few months. We had a moment. That moment when you haven't seen someone in a couple of months and they can't get over how good you look and how steady you are and they look you up and down and you tell them the latest happenings in your healing journey and they say, "Ooh I've got goosebumps." Yeah that moment! She chose to use the word steady - not me and we both knew that she was referencing the tremors.

I train my eyes to see what I am creating and to trust that the healing has already happened. I smile and feel gratitude overflow in my heart and I feel a well spring of joy leap from my soul. Fear had become a habit and an addiction because of the chemistry associated with the stress response. I train myself through meditation and observing my thoughts throughout the day to replace fear with love, strength, confidence, determination and realizing how invincible I am to have lived through the hell I lived through and to be here now.

I know the Truth!

And it's not that the mirror lies, it's that I get to create the Truth I want to see in the mirror.

Last Saturday I was blessed to find a new hairstylist after not getting my hair done for 5 months! I found Jen LeBlanc at Star Salon & Style through a friend I was blessed to meet, Michelle Rigano, a member of Marc Fucarile's Boston Marathon team. It's the first time I went to get my hair done and I did not feel the need to address "the tremors" because I was confident they are healed. Jen and I talked about what we were going to do with my hair and she made sure that her vision was my vision. She created an absolutely stunning style for me and was also able to get rid of a lot of the weight of my hair that I no longer needed to carry around with me. It's an outer reflection of the transformation that is happening within me mind, body and Spirit and a letting go of the past. We talked about running, races, paying it forward, healing, creating our lives rather than reacting to what we think is and just had a wonderful time getting to know one another. One topic of conversation that never came up - tremors! New found freedom in my thoughts creates a new outer reality.

I am creating a new image of myself as a woman and as a runner. I am using the concept of mirror neurons to help me keeping company with elite runners and watching videos and movies about runners who are swift of foot and champions of the sport.

In Joe Dispenza's, "You Are the Placebo," he writes,

"But how do you and I become supernatural? We have to begin to do what's unnatural - that is to give in the midst of crisis, when everyone is feeling lack and poverty; to love when everyone is angry and judging others; to demonstrate courage and peace when everyone else is in fear; to show kindness when others are displaying hostility and aggression; to surrender to possibility when the rest of the world is aggressively pushing to be first, trying to control outcomes and fiercely competing in an endless drive to get to the top; to knowingly smile in the face of adversity; and to cultivate the feeling of wholeness when we're diagnosed as sick.

It seems so unnatural to make these types of choices in the midst of such conditions, but if we repeatedly succeed, in time we'll transcend the norm and we too, become supernatural. And most important, by your being supernatural, you give others permission to do the same. Mirror neurons fire when we observe someone else performing an action. Our neurons mirror the neurons of the other person, as though we were performing the same action. For example, if you watch Serena Williams hit a tennis ball, you will hit he ball better than you did before. ... And if you witness someone self-healing from a disease by changing his or her thought processes, you'll be more prone to do the same."
p. 300-301.

I see myself from the inside out; as lean, healthy, strong, steady, confident, joyful and vibrant. After a very long winter of limited physical activity, I can see my body transform as I run, cross train in the pool and strength train. I had several people tell me last weekend how vibrant and well I look. Do I run and look in the mirror to see if that's true? No - I don't need to because that's who I am and how I look; because I am making new choices and creating a new present and future for myself. I feel the heal, transcend all that went before and transform as I get ready to toe the starting line two weeks from Friday at the Harvard Pilgrim 5K Finish at the 50.

Mirror mirror on the wall who is the most bad ass of them all? That would be me!

I chronicle the first 7 years of my healing journey after being diagnosed with post polio syndrome, a progressive neuromuscular disease as a survivor of childhood paralytic polio and 9 years of childhood domestic violence in Coming Home:A Memoir of Healing, Hope and Possibility.

In Journey Well, the journey continues in the wake of my nephew's suicide on 3/4/11 and the events of 4/15/13. Through my journey of healing and transformation, we learn that no matter what life circumstances happen to us, we can always find a way to journey well.

50% of book proceeds from all of my books, available on Amazon are donated to the Arredondo Family Foundation whose mission is to provide a helping hand to those experiencing a tragedy and to provide education on matters relating to military, veterans, military families, and the issue of suicide.

I am working on my new book, Feel the Heal: An Anthology of Poems which brings together my best poems of the last 8 years and will include my latest poems as I continue to feel the heal and move forward in my life.

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Wednesday, May 20, 2009

What is next?

This is the question that has been swirling around in my crazy mind for a while now.  Obviously, all of my training from here until November will be dedicated to the completion of the Pinhoti 100 mile trail run in under 24 hours.  I have been advised not to set a time goal in my first 100 mile race, but with the amount of dedicated training that I will have, and the way my mind works, this is my goal.  I will be very content with the completion of my first 100 mile race regardless of the time, but I really want to come in under 24 hours!!!  So I said it, and now it's time to get to work.

There has been some question about what is up with the name of my blog, and as I have briefly explained, my goal is to raise awareness for the orphans in the world...THERE ARE 143,000,000!!!!!  I am broken to think of myself and the fact that there is nothing I did as a child to deserve a home and loving parents more than the children that were born in a different circumstance.  Why me?  How do I deserve this life more than others?  I don't!  This is why I believe in taking care of those who, by no choice of there own, are born into unfortunate circumstances.  In the house of the Burnetts, we feel it is our responsibilities to take care of these souls.

I will be doing a lot to raise awareness in the months and years to come.  I will also give you many ways to get involved.  For some, it may be to join in the effort of raising finances.  For others, it may be that you will become a financial supporter of this cause.  For some, and I really pray that this is true for many, you may find yourself in the adoption process in your future.  I said it, and now you are thinking, right?

This is a crazy world we live in, and deep down we all feel we are here to fulfill a deep purpose in this world, embrace it!  Whatever it may be, please embrace it, and live with such passion that you make the world a better place.

Congratulations to Jennifer Vogel and crew for winning the Keys 100 miler with a time of 19:10!  I love getting to know such amazing people in this world of running.

Run On!!!

Monday, May 18, 2009

Twisted Ankle Marathon

It is always nice to do a race where you know everyone.  That is how I felt leading up to and on race day at Twisted Ankle Marathon.  This is such a great race, and just has a great feel to it.  The race was very well organized, and the entire day went smoothly.

Now let's get to my race.  I had very high expectations going into this race.  I had a goal of finishing under 4 hours, and really finishing under 3:50... but that didn't quite work out for me.  My time for the day was 4:21, finishing at a 9:59 average pace.  By no means am I disappointed with the time, but I did have a pretty rough day.  I just felt like I had no energy from about mile 10 on.

Going back to the start of the race, I got to see and talk to so many cool people.  Chatting with Dewayne Satterfield while in line for the bathroom was nice... he is such a great runner and a great guy all around.  Others I got to see and talk to before the race were Phil, Matt, Bryce, Michael, Chris, Brian, Todd,  and many others I knew.  It was really cool to be in such great company at the start of the race.  As the race began, I felt great on the flat section, as we made our way over to the first climb.  Chris ran out ahead, as he would go on to win the Half.  I got to run with Dewayne for a few minutes, then I slowed down tremendously on the climb, which was the plan all along.  About 1/3 of the way up the mountain, Bryce came up behind me and we ran together for the remainder of the climb, as well as all the way down to Hwy 100.  Getting down to that first aid station was nice, knowing that I would see Amy for a few seconds.  I did have in the back of my mind, I was about to have to climb up this trail that we were cruising down.  The trip over there was awesome, getting to talk with Bryce about his race plans, and finding out he was going to be plunging into the 100 mile distance in September.  So this section was great, I felt great, so what happened???

Well, as I started the climb back up the mountain, I began to feel a little weak.  So I slowed down, walked any steep grades, and tried to save my energy.  As I finally got to the top of the mountain again, I heard some footsteps coming up behind me.  These footsteps would stay behind me in this race for the next 12 miles or so.  These were the footsteps of a 16 year old sophomore in high school, who turns out to be running his first marathon!!!   It was truly a joy being able to pace him to his first marathon finish up here on this brutal course, his time was 4:23, just a shade over 10 min. pace!  So as we ran over past the midpoint, and to the next turnaround, we really were just trying not to drop the pace too much.  I did fall one time and looked at my calf, there was a serious indention in my muscle, a cramp right in the middle of my left calf.  I got back up and we made our way to the end of the section, where my beautiful support crew (Amy) would be waiting for me.

I got to her, then began to see the leaders of the race as I made my way to the turn-around.   Matt Kahrs was still in 3rd place, and looking very strong!  He was followed by Dewayne and Bryce.  As I turned around, I got to see who was chasing me, and it was Nils who was probably 8-10 minutes behind me and Travis at this point.  I got back to Amy before I went into the woods for the final stretch, and I let her know I was feeling pretty rough.  This entire section seemed very slow, as I did walk most of the climbs.  Any time I did try to run an incline, my achilles would cramp up, something that has never happened before.  Somewhere toward the end of this section, right before we dropped down into our final 4 mile descent, I went up ahead of Travis(the 16 year old).
So I got to the aid station where I turned right down the mountain and headed for the finish, and I thought I had around 2 or 3 miles to go.   I asked the volunteers, and they said I had 4 to go!  This completely discouraged me, and I just went into survival mode, wanting the race to be over.  I got down the steep part and as I made my way toward the lake, I caught a glimpse of Nils behind me, and he looked strong.  I tried to pick it up a little and race him to the finish, but he had a very nice kick at the end and ran the last mile at least 2 minutes faster than me.

I slowly made my way to the finish line with a time of 4:21 (7th place), where I got to see my wife, my son, mom, Steve and Beth(Amy's parents), Amy's grandparents, and other friends of mine who were cheering for me... Thank all of you for the support, it means so much to me!  And thank you Steve for the awesome pictures at the end.

Travis came across about 2 minutes later to complete his first marathon!

I went over to congratulate all those finishing before me, and had about 3 cokes, and some oranges.

The day was humid, and it took everything I had to get to the end in 4:21.  Nice job to everyone who finished the race.  David, congrats on your sub 6 finish, amazing!  Michael, congrats on yet another year completing this brutal race!

Malachi is waking up from his nap now, so I have to go.  Time to get ready for Pinhoti 100! Seriously, Bye, he's crying!

Sunday, April 19, 2009

Dick's Creek Gap To Springer Mountain

I'll start with saying that this was by far the hardest thing I've ever done.  Also, this could not have been done without Brack who paced me the last 32, and Morgan and Dustin who crewed me from point to point after the 36 mile mark at Neels Gap.

I will not lie, I did not really tell anyone except these 3 guys and my wife that I was doing this, mostly because I did not want to set any kind of expectation, knowing that there was a chance I would fall short of my goal.  I have watched my great friend Jon Obst, as well as others, time after time amaze me by accomplishing amazing feats, and honestly I just wanted to see if I had what it takes.

The breakdown went like this Start at Dick's Creek Gap, 8 miles south on the NC border, at 10 am.  Thanks Chris and Erin for dropping me off!  From there I would run 36 miles to Neels Gap, where I would have a supporting crew of Morgan and Dustin, as well as my pacer for the next 32 miles, Brack.  By the way, Brack had never run over 26.2 miles before this run.
The second half was from Neels Gap to Springer Mountain, 30.5 miles, then obviously the mile back down to the parking lot.  This stretch would make the run 67.5 miles of AT running.

I felt great at the start, knowing that the goal of this run was to uncharacteristically start out extremely slow,  to make sure I finish.  After all there was no time limit, just myself and 67.5 miles of trail in front of me.   Okay I should go ahead and mention, this previously unexplored by me, northern section of GA AT, was ridiculous.  Tray Mountain(mountain without switchbacks) as well as two other peaks were relentless.  This did make me begin to think of what the rest of the day would look like, as well as raising the question in my mind, can I really do this?  After these mountains, going into Unicoi Gap around mile 15 or 16 I was actually already starting to feel it.  As I ascended out of Unicoi with a mere 800-1000 ft climb I was really beginning to hurt.  As I reached the summit I was around 18, I will call this the first section.

Second section was from 18-36.  Now all I had to do was get to my friends, they would take care of me. So I was hurting at 18, but thank God for the next 4-5 miles of basically flat trail.  This really got me in a good groove that carried me until it happened!   Around mile 27 I had a very unfortunate thing happen, I got gas!  Okay so some may laugh at this, but it was extremely painful.  I got to a point to where I couldn't even walk downhill because it hurt so bad.  Picture this: You are walking on a trail and see someone rolling around from side to side.  Well just ask the person who walked up on me and saw this sight, and I actually told them what was wrong and asked them if by any chance they had anything for gas, haha.  It was a long shot, but can't hurt to ask.  So I called my crew and let them know about the delays, which probably totaled over an hour of trying to get this gas out so I could run again.  As I was still rolling around and poking and prodding at my stomach in every area, at least I knew they would have gas X for me in a couple of hours.  I finally laid on my stomach and let a boulder jab in my upper abdomen... and there it came, it was like a magic button.  I would then run a few feet, jump down on the trail and let another boulder jab in my upper abdomen.  This pattern continued for the next half mile or so, until finally the gas was gone.  So yes this actually happened and was a major setback for a while, but now time to push on.  So the next 9 miles or so to the car, there were a couple of climbs, but nothing too crazy.  Finally around 7:30 I arrived at the car(mile 36) and there they were, waiting with fresh fruit, pizza, accelerade, my patagonia jacket, a change of clothes, and bright smiles to pick me up for the next 31.5 miles.

Third section would have the worst climb of the day having to go up and over Blood Mountain, and would take us 11 miles from Neels Gap to Woody Gap.  Brack was now running with me and full of energy, he was keeping my spirits up as we ascended Blood, and then making great time on the long descend down the other side, as it was now getting dark and downhills were a little more risky.   There were some more climbs, and at some point I remember getting really quiet and sluggish thinking in my mind I would stop at 50 miles, but Brack continued to keep me alert.  We arrived at Woody Gap to see our crew, and I had surpassed my previous longest distance run of 40, now at 47 miles.

The remainder of the night would be no more than 4 miles to each time we would see our crew.  I remember some time after 50 miles, as serious as I could be saying to Brack "My legs are starting to hurt."  To which we both laughed hysterically and called it the understatement of the year.  I do remember when we got to Horse Gap and had only 10 miles left, I was on a mission. I just had to get to Springer and I was going to let nothing stop me.  On the last road crossing before Springer we had our last obstacle, our crew was no where to be found.  We stayed there and thought about what to do.  Almost out of water and with one more gel we just decided they probably made their way up to Springer, so we would head that way.  Being low on fuel, and having no way to get more, we decided to hike in from there.  About halfway up to Springer parking lot at 4:30 in the morning, here comes a light toward us.  Freaked me out for a second, but then figured it was Dustin.  Morgan was right behind him with a bag full of much needed aid.  We continued the trek all the way to Springer Mountain, took a few pictures, then made our way back down to the car, finishing the 67.5 mile journey in exactly 20 hours.

A quick stop at Waffle house and a couple of horrible dirt roads later, here I am, alive and well. Hope you enjoyed the long recap of my journey, and maybe you can hit the trails with me next time.

Thank you Brack, Morgan, and Dustin for allowing me to succeed in this venture!

Wednesday, April 15, 2009

Why Run?

I run to feel free.
I run to conquer the mountain.
I run to see how far I can go.
I run to see how fast I can finish.
I run for my family.
I run for the pleasure.
I run for the pain.
I run because it inspires people.
I run because others have inspired me.
I run because my body is designed to.
I run because I like it.
I run for the one who created it all.
I run for many reasons.
I run for the 143,000,000 million orphans in the world.  "Pure and genuine religion in the sight of God the Father means caring for orphans and widows in their distress..." James 1:27

I love to run and will run until I can no longer.  Amy and I have decided I will run for what we are most passionate about in the world, and that is those who cannot care for themselves... the helpless children in the world who have no home.  We also believe that we are to personally take the responsibility of taking care of the orphans by eventually bringing children into our home as our own.

I have a lot to say about running, the CRAZY people I meet.  The incredible friends that I have made and will continue to make.  The many races that I have and will run.  These things will be talked about in the weeks to come, as well as giving updates as to how we will be bringing awareness to the unbelievable injustice of the 143 million!

Oh, and check out, the organization that I will be running for.

Stay tuned for more about my crazy adventures this year as well as how you can get involved!


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Tuesday, July 14, 2009

The check is in the mail...

After two weeks of waiting, and waiting... we have received our first check! This is our first down payment for our order for 200 filters. We’re hoping to use this down payment to buy raw materials and start production prior to our departure. We are experiencing some snags with bureaucracy and all that it takes to start a business. In order to open a business bank account we need a mysterious PIN number from the Kenya Revenue Authority (KRA). Nevertheless, since we registered a mere 11 days ago our business is not in the KRA database which takes 2 weeks to populate newly registered businesses. We’re trying to contact some people in Nairobi to see if we can get our business populated in the KRA database earlier. We’ll see. Ahhh, the beauty of working in a foreign system. As Becky so eloquently stated today, “Toto, We’re not in Kansas anymore."

Photo taken June 19, 2009 at Yasha Mission School, Njoro, Kenya (May seem like a random post with the above blog entry, but these kids are so cute. I thought we would show some of the local kids.)

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  1. Congratulations on taking your first order - Fantastic!


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Wednesday, October 24, 2012

Zucchino Rampicante

One of the most fun and delicious squash we grow is the zucchino rampicante.   The two on the right are fully mature.  The one on the left is still a bit green.  They are big - almost the size of your arms if you hold them out and pretend you're holding a ball in front of you.

Rampicante is an Italian curly squash.  Aside from their way cool shapes, these guys are amazing in that you can eat them at any stage of growth from blossom to little green baby squash, to beige and fully ripe.    They are a combination summer/winter squash.

Pick them green and cook them like summer squash.

Pick them ripe and cook them like winter squash.    They have a delicious orange flesh that is wonderful sliced and baked.

The seeds are in the bulb at the bottom.

To prepare them when they're fully ripe, peel it all with a vegetable peeler and slice the skinny part into rounds.   Cut the bulb off, open it, take out the seeds and slice it up.  Bake it until soft.

It's really delicious baked with some of the glazes I talked about last week.

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