In 2002, we fell in love with Alaska and purchased property near Fairbanks. Our Alaska log home was built in 2003 by Bill Kisken of Log Weavers here in Fairbanks. Bill is an artist, who uses the hand scribed Swedish cope system. Notice how tightly the logs fit at the ends, this is very diffucult to achieve. We retired in 2013, and moved our residence to Alaska.


October 11, 2010

Born to Run

My running friend Charlton Macado recently recommended the book Born to Run by Christopher McDougall.  The author studies the Tarahumara Indians of the Copper Canyon area of Mexico, who are noted for astonishing feats of mountain running.  He also makes a strong case for more natural running forms that can only be learned by running barefoot.  This book is a good companion to Chi Running.  I tried some barefoot running on the local football field today and it is a very different experience.  You can't run barefoot for very long as a heel striker.  You naturally start landing on your forefoot.

This is a great book and I highly recommend it.
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