Mindful Eating

We had a nice safety meeting topic the other day entitled Mindful Eating. Being more aware of the process of eating, being present in the moment while enjoy a meal, being thankful for what it takes to place that in front of one, and realizing why you are eating.
I am pretty clearly eating because I am hungry. We do eat meals and the evening meals in particular with some reason. We eat at a set table, and are thankful for what we eat.
My improvement opportunities lie in the quantity and speed with what I eat.
Be mindful of mind, body and spirit when eating. Breath deep, give thanks, lengthen and straighten the spine, and be present for every bite.

Half a Dozen Shooting Stars

What a beautiful clear morning. Dark with plenty bright stars. With a busy seven day work week in the past and a longish run yesterday I just went for a shorty this morning, but in the brief time I saw at least six shooting stars. All different directions and all different durations. Very fun.

Come On Baby Needs Some New Shoes

Got some new shoes the other day. Boy did I need them. My wife helped with a very generous gift certificate for our anniversary and I once again went to my favorite local running store, The Treadmill and got another pair of The Beast by Brooks. The size now is 11 1/2. That is bigger than it used to be. Must be a combination of age and all the miles on the roads.
So I went out for a nice road run of over eight miles. At least the shoes can stay dust free for one weekend.
The Treadmill was very helpful as always and they are great supporters of local events.
Brooks does a nice job of marketing...the box was hilarious. Comments linked to different running distances like..."5 miles...'is this entire race uphill?'" and " 13.1...I should have gone before I started..." and " around the block...'I shouldn't have stayed out so late.'" They also have some quaint remarks on the tissue lining like you hold in your hand the perfect hall of fame for your baseball cards, or the perfect organizing device.
Might have to look into Brooks more closely. Plus I just love the shoes. The guy brought them out and put the first one on and all I could say was, "Ah...I am home." They just felt so good and I obviously was in dire need of a new pair.
I generally keep three pair in rotation. The oldest has the most miles on them. I generally try to get a new pair for every marathon.

Pacific Coast Cancelled

Carmel Valley Trail Run
8 Km, 19 Km, 25 Km, & 50 Km
(Hikers welcome)
Sunday, October 18, 2009
8:30 a.m.
We regret that this event has been cancelled. The park has withdrawn all permits for running events at Garland Ranch Regional Park due to medical risks associated with potential yellow jackets/wasps.
We will be getting in touch with those of you who have registered for this event.
We are sorry for any inconvenience this may have caused.
We have replaced this event with Diablo

Dark

The last three mornings have been beautifully clear and consistently getting darker as the last of the crescent moon faded away. It was so clear all the stars are out and one can see the Milky Way. The last little fingernail of a moon is riding lower and lower in the East and bright little Venus right beside.
Really nice, but this morning the moon was gone and when I got to the trail it was really dark in there. I ran up on a large deer that was almost right in the middle of the path.

ROCK and RUN at the Quarry

A fun run and finished just over 50 minutes. Interesting to organize, set up a run and then participate.

Rock & Run 2009
Overall Finish List
September 13, 2009
Finish Line Productions, LLC
10K
Place
Name
City
Bib No
Age
Gender
Age Group
Time
1
Andrew Peirce
Salinas CA
172
18
M
1 15-99
36:40.9
2
Jon Erskine
Soquel CA
106
38
M
2 15-99
37:41.5
3
Richard Norman Robinson
Santa Cruz CA
134
51
M
3 15-99
41:26.1
4
Pedro Gutierrez
Salinas CA
112
58
M
4 15-99
43:34.0
5
Jason Sanchez
Watsonville CA
131
30
M
5 15-99
44:27.0
6
James McGowan
Aptos CA
182
41
M
6 15-99
44:44.1
7
Sydney Niiyama
Capitola CA
129
8
F
1 1-14
45:06.5
8
Alexandra Niiyama
Capitola CA
127
13
F
2 1-14
45:06.8
9
Aaron Johnston
Santa Cruz CA
139
33
M
7 15-99
45:15.0
10
Linda Sereno
Salinas CA
111
49
F
1 15-99
45:59.9
11
Scott Chapin
79
26
M
8 15-99
46:01.4
12
Lucia Dalle Ore
Cupertino CA
178
13
F
3 1-14
47:51.5
13
Cathy Philipovitch
Santa Cruz CA
168
41
F
2 15-99
48:01.2
14
Jim Poje
Aptos CA
142
49
M
9 15-99
48:06.9
15
Shawn Tennenbaum
Soquel CA
63
40
M
10 15-99
48:15.1
16
Erika Brand
Aptos AS
9
38
F
3 15-99
48:47.8
17
Sam Loforti
162
26
M
11 15-99
49:13.5
18
J. Armando Rubalcaba
75
60
M
12 15-99
50:06.7
19
John Cook
Aptos CA
14
50
M
13 15-99
50:41.5
20
Keith Severson
76
53
M
14 15-99
50:48.4
21
Cameron Carlisle
Aromas CA
13
15
M
15 15-99
51:16.5
22
Franz Mairhofer
San Jose CA
109
48
M
16 15-99
51:18.1
23
Margie Biccick
Aptos CA
161
50
F
4 15-99
51:41.7
24
Manuel Quiroz
Watsonville CA
167
50
M
17 15-99
52:48.1
25
Georgia Handleman
77
25
F
5 15-99
53:19.7
26
Rodney Jenny
Cupertino CA
34
46
M
18 15-99
53:32.6
27
Mystere Sapia
Salinas CA
114
47
F
6 15-99
53:41.7
28
Alex Ruiz
Aromas CA
185
10
M
1 1-14
54:52.9
29
Jayse Rinehart
Aromas CA
187
11
M
2 1-14
54:53.5
30
Shirley Gonzales
Watsonville CA
120
44
F
7 15-99
55:28.8
31
Elizabeth Ruiz
Aromas CA
184
40
F
8 15-99
56:55.1
32
Larissa Ruiz
Aromas CA
186
7
F
4 1-14
56:55.6
33
Sally McCollum
Aromas CA
123
38
F
9 15-99
57:04.8
34
Kathy Cook
Aptos CA
15
46
F
10 15-99
57:07.5
35
Terry Beers
Aromas CA
3
54
M
19 15-99
57:08.9
36
Erika Guiterrez
117
30
F
11 15-99
57:57.5
37
Katy Stonebloom
Aromas CA
197
55
F
12 15-99
58:03.4
38
Mike McKinney
Aromas CA
138
42
M
20 15-99
59:17.2
39
Karl Philipovitch
Santa Cruz CA
52
40
M
21 15-99
59:26.6
40
Tammy Perez
Aromas CA
171
31
F
13 15-99
59:47.5
41
Ann E Humphreys
La Selva Beach CA
32
50
F
14 15-99
59:51.3
42
Amy Rivas
Watsonville CA
153
41
F
15 15-99
1:01:11.0
43
Dave Tomasini
81
49
M
22 15-99
1:01:21.6
44
Jana Tomasini
82
39
F
16 15-99
1:01:21.6
45
Elizabeth Gutierrez
Aromas CA
24
37
F
17 15-99
1:01:22.2
46
Melissa Beers
Aromas CA
2
43
F
18 15-99
1:01:23.2
47
Andrea Harrington
Hollister CA
26
26
F
19 15-99
1:02:09.0
48
Dora Moreno
Hollister CA
149
43
F
20 15-99
1:02:22.5
49
Lindsay Hurley
Watsonville CA
122
28
F
21 15-99
1:03:50.8
50
Steve Snodgrass
Watsonville
169
54
M
23 15-99
1:04:17.4
51
Terese Bonesio
Gilroy CA
8
40
F
22 15-99
1:04:22.9
52
Cybele Candau
Aptos CA
166
39
F
23 15-99
1:04:50.2
53
Cynthia Castro
Capitola CA
163
43
F
24 15-99
1:04:50.5
54
Cori McLaughry
Oakland CA
165
36
F
25 15-99
1:05:12.3
55
Tracy Inkles
Santa Cruz CA
164
38
F
26 15-99
1:05:28.1
56
Rey Mendoza
Aromas CA
189
19
M
24 15-99
1:09:47.9
57
Jay Thomas
Aptos CA
64
59
M
25 15-99
1:10:31.3
58
Neal Coonerty
Santa Cruz CA
16
63
M
26 15-99
1:10:37.3
59
Dave Dierking
Boulder Creek CA
18
48
M
27 15-99
1:20:06.0
60
Denise Wostowicz
Aptos CA
124
54
F
27 15-99
1:25:33.0

5K
Place
Name
City
Bib No
Age
Gender
Age Group
Time
1
Stephen Hart
Watsonville CA
119
16
M
1 15-99
21:04.0
2
Charles Pierce
Salinas CA
152
51
M
2 15-99
22:21.0
3
Carlton Oler
Hollister CA
45
52
M
3 15-99
22:41.2
4
Jeff Arnett
Santa Cruz CA
141
60
M
4 15-99
23:31.8
5
Diane Phariss
Watsonville CA
155
50
F
1 15-99
23:49.0
6
Alex Samuels
Aromas CA
148
13
M
1 1-14
24:05.5
7
Sam Jimenez
Aromas CA
201
12
M
2 1-14
24:30.6
8
Moises Kristich
Gilroy CA
121
14
M
3 1-14
24:45.9
9
Valerie Perez
Aromas CA
170
12
F
1 1-14
27:05.6
10
Matthew Robinson
Santa Cruz CA
135
11
M
4 1-14
27:22.9
11
Kyle Henn
Watsonville
158
10
M
5 1-14
27:49.7
12
Robin Mills
San Jose CA
159
58
F
2 15-99
28:03.7
13
Katlin Johnson
200
30
F
3 15-99
28:14.0
14
Steve Duke
Aptos CA
22
36
M
5 15-99
28:50.6
15
Zachary Tomasini
Aromas CA
160
12
M
6 1-14
28:57.1
16
Charlee Tomasini
99
11
F
2 1-14
29:13.6
17
Erika Eberhardt
93
11
F
3 1-14
29:17.6
18
Sean Covington
Aromas CA
136
31
M
6 15-99
29:18.5
19
Matthew Blackmun
Soquel CA
147
10
M
7 1-14
29:21.6
20
Alli Blackmun
Soquel CA
146
8
F
4 1-14
29:49.3
21
Debby Henn
Watsonville
157
40
F
4 15-99
30:21.9
22
Holl-Lee Huffman
Aromas CA
30
22
F
5 15-99
30:27.7
23
Bernd Heubner
Santa Clara CA
110
42
M
7 15-99
30:35.4
24
Nancy Jane Stevens-Brown
Soquel CA
61
61
F
6 15-99
30:42.8
25
Rachel Lau
San Jose CA
108
41
F
7 15-99
30:43.8
26
Cheryl Vessey
Soquel CA
65
61
F
8 15-99
31:12.4
27
Marcia Parsons
Salinas CA
49
64
F
9 15-99
32:06.9
28
Michelle Brown
Aptos CA
10
59
F
10 15-99
32:48.7
29
Michelle Kjellesvig
Gilroy CA
35
33
F
11 15-99
33:38.6
30
Mary Hart
Watsonville CA
118
49
F
12 15-99
34:49.3
31
Mike Null
Salinas CA
44
13
M
8 1-14
35:10.8
32
Caiteyn Covington
100
11
F
5 1-14
35:47.7
33
Heather Pappas
Gilroy CA
48
35
F
13 15-99
35:47.8
34
Kyle Niiyama
Capitola CA
128
10
M
9 1-14
35:55.0
35
Dante Stowbunenko
98
11
M
10 1-14
36:42.0
36
Jarret Deamaral
Aromas CA
176
11
M
11 1-14
36:44.1
37
Brandy Montagna
Hollister CA
41
34
F
14 15-99
36:48.2
38
Kendra A Fortino
Gilroy CA
23
32
F
15 15-99
36:48.2
39
Susan J Paulsen
Hollister CA
50
37
F
16 15-99
37:20.2
40
Melissa Bennett
Gilroy CA
4
38
F
17 15-99
37:27.6
41
Julie Regallo
Gilroy CA
57
35
F
18 15-99
37:27.7
42
Christine Erskine
Soquel CA
107
38
F
19 15-99
38:14.2
43
Christie Wilcox
Gilroy CA
68
24
F
20 15-99
39:03.7
44
Heidi Ramirez
Watsonville CA
156
41
F
21 15-99
39:12.3
45
Aryanna Buttrey
Watsonville CA
194
11
F
6 1-14
39:26.8
46
Kristen Kelly
Watsonville CA
195
38
F
22 15-99
39:28.1
47
Karen Riechers
Aromas CA
59
27
F
23 15-99
39:31.5
48
Stacy Beard
74
38
F
24 15-99
40:28.0
49
Raquel Mendoza
Aromas CA
188
32
F
25 15-99
40:30.6
50
Jason Hoving
Aromas CA
198
37
M
8 15-99
41:03.7
51
Brendan Hoving
Aromas CA
175
11
F
7 1-14
41:03.9
52
David Delfino
17
58
M
9 15-99
41:41.0
53
Leti Contreras
116
33
F
26 15-99
41:49.7
54
Leah Hernikl
Aptos CA
28
56
F
27 15-99
42:29.4
55
Jennifer Lucido
Hollister CA
38
40
F
28 15-99
44:44.8
56
Marcos Vazques
Salinas CA
113
26
M
10 15-99
45:58.9
57
Gabe Millican
Monterey CA
39
26
M
11 15-99
47:05.3
58
Jennifer Millican
Monterey CA
40
26
F
29 15-99
47:05.8
59
Merrall Madzen
Aromas CA
196
8
M
12 1-14
47:13.6
60
Charlene Merrell
80
47
F
30 15-99
47:17.0
61
Emily Frick
72
7
F
8 1-14
48:22.2
62
Cathy Reichers
115
54
F
31 15-99
48:46.6
63
Evan Reade
Aptos CA
54
7
M
13 1-14
48:47.2
64
Matt Reade
Aptos CA
56
41
M
12 15-99
48:55.2
65
Colleen Fisher
Aromas CA
150
0
F
1 0- 0
49:20.3
66
Andrea Mendoza
Aromas CA
190
0
F
2 0- 0
49:35.9
67
John Puje
Aptos CA
140
20
M
13 15-99
49:36.7
68
Corin Sutton
Hollister CA
62
29
F
32 15-99
49:47.2
69
Wendy Abercrombie
Hollister CA
1
33
F
33 15-99
49:47.6
70
Patty Huffman
Aromas CA
31
54
F
34 15-99
50:59.5
71
Robert Hoffman
Monterey CA
29
0
M
1 0- 0
51:09.1
72
John Biddick
Aptos CA
5
55
M
14 15-99
52:34.8
73
Christine Vanderbundt
Santa Cruz CA
125
0
F
3 0- 0
53:08.2
74
Kim Dawes
Aromas CA
151
46
F
35 15-99
53:18.5
75
Lon Eberhardt
88
43
M
15 15-99
53:18.7
76
Amy Neff
Hollister CA
143
33
F
36 15-99
53:47.8
77
Nicole Duke
Aptos CA
20
33
F
37 15-99
55:12.3
78
Nina Duke
Aptos CA
21
3
F
9 1-14
55:12.3
79
Luiz Munoz
Aromas CA
199
8
F
10 1-14
55:32.8
80
Skylar Tomasini
92
6
M
14 1-14
55:36.2
81
Amy Power
Santa Cruz CA
132
0
F
4 0- 0
55:40.3
82
Eleanor Deamaral
Aromas CA
177
9
F
11 1-14
55:55.1
83
Laurie Niiyama
Capitola CA
126
43
F
38 15-99
56:41.0
84
Laura Blackmun
Soquel CA
145
41
F
39 15-99
56:41.3
85
Charlotte Keldson
Watsonville CA
191
51
F
40 15-99
56:57.7
86
Cindy Lerma
Aromas CA
193
52
F
41 15-99
56:59.1
87
Jason Blackmun
Soquel CA
144
37
M
16 15-99
58:29.5
88
Brad Riechers
Aromas CA
58
29
M
17 15-99
58:30.3
89
Ross Niiyama
Capitola CA
130
46
M
18 15-99
58:31.5
90
Sophia Elizalade
Royal Oaks CA
173
8
F
12 1-14
58:54.4
91
Stephanie Elzalde
Royal Oaks CA
174
35
F
42 15-99
58:55.2
92
Mary McGowan
Aptos CA
183
37
F
43 15-99
59:36.9
93
Cara Vanderford
89
39
F
44 15-99
59:42.6
94
Vera Roper
71
33
F
45 15-99
1:00:02.1
95
Lance Null
Salinas CA
43
41
M
19 15-99
1:00:05.0
96
Samantha Vanderford
91
8
F
13 1-14
1:00:20.7
97
Larry Vanderford
90
43
M
20 15-99
1:00:21.1
98
Michelle Jenny
Cupertino CA
179
47
F
46 15-99
1:00:31.4
99
Ruth Angulo
Aromas CA
154
59
F
47 15-99
1:01:15.5
100
Brenda Mahler
Aromas CA
192
55
F
48 15-99
1:01:34.9

Place
Name
City
Bib No
Age
Gender
Age Group
Time
101
Rob McEwan
Royal Oaks CA
137
54
M
21 15-99
1:01:57.9
102
Nancy Quintero Perez
Salinas CA
53
29
M
22 15-99
1:03:32.6
103
Susan Vinsky
La Selva Beach CA
133
0
F
5 0- 0
1:04:20.3
104
Suzanne Johnson
84
55
F
49 15-99
1:16:47.8

Yeah...what they said.

Donald Buraglio & Mike Dove: Finding the Fountain of Youth
Donald Buraglio & Mike Dove Running Life
Updated: 09/10/2009 09:06:12 AM PDT
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Any runner will tell you that age is just a number. Our local running club has about two dozen members who are in their seventies, many of whom can keep up with the youngsters. The younger runners don't see this as unusual at all; they know that age doesn't matter if someone can keep the pace.
Legendary Bay Area runner Jack Kirk ran the fabled Dipsea race in Marin County a record 67 times, up to his most recent finish at age 95. The race starts with a climb up 700 stairs — equivalent to the height of a fifty-story building — before rambling up and down mountainous trails and treacherous terrain for over 7 miles. Kirk once famously said, "You don't stop running because you get old. You get old because you stop running."
The Tarahumara Indians in the desolate Copper Canyons of the Mexican Sierra Madres are folk heroes of distance running. They reside in caves and adobe huts separated by great distances, and their only means of transportation is running on narrow footpaths up and down the steep canyons. Running is part of their culture, as kids play games where they run up to 100 miles at a time. Amazingly, their civilization knows no heart disease, cancer, stroke, diabetes, depression, or hypertension. Furthermore, many of their best runners are 50 to 60 years old.
The lesson from these stories is this: if you want to be healthy and productive in your golden years, one of the best things you can do for yourself is to get running. It's like sipping from
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a fountain of youth.
Our local "older" runners are a great example of this. They make running a daily activity. Instead of talking about ailments and medications, they talk about their next race or next vacation. Many of them are among the fastest seventy plus runners in the country. In fact, four of them will be attempting to break a world record later in the year.
The world record for an age 70-and-over, 4x1500m relay (yes, they keep track of such things) is 27 minutes, 50.22 seconds. This works out to a 6:57.5 minute pace for each mile — and our local runners Rod MacKinlay, Jim Allen, Doug Shankle, and Jay Cook have a real shot at taking the record down. Rod turned 70 on Sept. 1 and has run a 6:20 mile in a recent workout. The four of them will be setting up a certified attempt in December when Jay Cook turns seventy. We wish them luck and will follow their training progress closely.
Our outstanding local septuagenarians aren't confined to the track, however. Phil Short, who took up distance running at age 60, does about 15 marathons per year, and plans on making his 200th marathon finish at next April's Big Sur Marathon. Gloria Dake is 76 and has run every one of Big Sur's 24 previous marathons. Next year will be Gloria's 25th.
In addition to being great mentors to their younger training partners, all of these great older runners are perfect examples of how the benefits of running are available at any age. Even if you're in your fifties, sixties, or seventies, it's never too late to start! The fountain of youth is right before you; feel free to take a sip.
Email and archives at www.montereyrunninglife.com.

Turkey Vultures

Sunday morning I was out after coffee and paper with my love.
Beautiful late summer morning. I am going on a fairly flat road run on a course I have not run in a while. As I head out I notice in the clear blue sky a beautiful formation of a half dozen large birds circling well above. No I am not running so slow they think that it is something dead. They make a pretty sight, but I know they are Turkey Vultures...not the prettiest thing ever created. I run along for a while and get up on a road that winds through the foothills. As I come up to a fairly open meadow that is fenced, there are 6-8 of the same kind of Vultures, that have not taken wing yet this morning. They are each on a separate fence post. Many just soaking up the warm rays of the sun. One has his wings spread and is really sunning himself. I am below them and stealthy enough as to not disrupt what must be a real nice way to warm up in the morning.
They are big, and are very efficient when on the wing...just circling and floating--riding the thermals. But man they are ugly up close.

You're in Mountain Lion Country

Went out for a quiet little Saturday jog and headed down to the River Trail. That is the M-F trail I run a bit of in the dark. Well Saturday morning was around nine am and a sunny beautiful day. As I enter the park trail I notice some new signs and they warn of a Lion sighting at the entrance to the Trail and Saddle Club. Yup...I just as I had seen him...or one there have been other sightings. Unfortunately right where I run. The quote at the bottom of the note said "You're in Mountain Lion Country."
Just a little something to think about running in the dark next time.

It's a gusher

Oh the things you see...when running early in the morning. I head out the other day at O'dark thirty and just at the next door neighbor's drive is a water main leak. That is bad news in the area we live. Water is a ever more precious commodity.
I was just doing a short run so when out and around and came back. I figured I had better call it in. It was interesting to see where the water went. Down the gutter yeah...of course, but it split on the top of the grade and part of it went out around and returned to the street on the other side. It was a very interesting drainage pattern, but you had to be there to appreciate it.
At any rate, finally got the water company, and they fixed that one. By the time I got home they had another one just twenty paces away. Our water main is old...obviously... and they keep patching it.