New posts coming this week:
– Posts on production and consumption versus conservation;
– Environmental critiques of train travel;
– The ultimate (if not particularly green) multi-modal vacation;
– Dodger Stadium gets even less accessible;
– Privacy, chatting and (in)visibility.
To keep you sated, I’ve been meaning to post some of my photographs from my time handing out beer with the Los Angeles County Hash House Harriers (A decent description of the hash is available on Wikipedia. A more complex, compelling history is available here.) at the 21st mile of this year’s Los Angeles Marathon. Click here or on the photo to the left for a gallery. It was my first time ever seeing the marathon in person and it really is an inspiring sight. More than anything, as the hours passed it struck me just how many kinds of people of seemingly wide-ranging fitness levels (all far more impressive than my own) ran the marathon. Knowing a few people who have run this or other marathons I know how much training and preparation goes into the endeavor, and the payoff was evident on every runner, walker and wheel-chair operator (I can’t think of an adequate term to describe the efforts of the wheelchair racers) even as some struggled to make that last 5.2 miles. Some smiled, some grimaced, but all carried on.
Anyhow, this description from Yirko at LA Blogitudes, who ran the race himself, is far more moving than anything I could ever write, so pay it a visit.
How is Yirko feeling now? I don’t have a gmail account so can’t ask her. Or him.
Wendy Lascher, you can comment directly on LABLOGITUDE as an anonymous user, you don’t have to sign up for a Gmail account. As to how I’m feeling now, I feel that a sense of possibility is being restored to me, that my wild dreams aren’t so wild and so out of reach. Thank you for asking.