Author Archives: Don McLean

Site was down. Obviously, not now. Undefeated in age group (now 80). Won Skandia 5K, new age group record (30:34.2), won $100. Tonight I won age group on a tough 3K XC course at Lane County Community College. 21:09.5. Outkicked … Continue reading →

Books read in February. Favorites with astericks. The Consolations of Philosophy by Alain de Botton*How To Live or A Life of Montaigne by Sarah Bakewell*True Love: A Practice for Awakening the Heart by Thich Knah HahnThe Wise Men by Walter … Continue reading →

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Couples Classic 5K on the streets of Eugene, 29:10.6. 1st in age group. Oldest (oddest?) participant. Results

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Books read in January. Favorites with astericks. The Half Known Life: In Search of Paradise by Pico Iyer*The Open Road: The Global Journey of the Fourteenth Dalai Lama by Pico Iyer*The Monk Who Sold His Ferrari by Robin S. SharmaShrapnel … Continue reading →

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Sitzplinkler! Don does. And she appreciates it very much.

Books read in December. Favorites with astericks. Friendship: An Expose by Joseph Epstein*All Rivers Run to the Sea: Memoirs by Elie WieselSecond Drafts of History: Essays by Lance MorrowAmbition: The Secret Passion by Joseph EpsteinMad World: Evelyn Waugh and the … Continue reading →

Jingle Bells 5K at Maurie Jacobs Park. 29:23.1. 1st in age group. Oldest competitor of the 216 participants over the two races that day. More.