A walk in the vineyard

Tina and I are enjoying our daily walks in Calistoga.

Tina & Tina SF Medal Cermony

Tina with Tina A proudly displaying their SF Half Marathon hardware post race.  Tina is wearing her well deserved "Half It All" medal she earned for running both SF Half Marathons in consecutive years.

Tina Larry Tina

The two Tinas and me at the Hyatt Regency in San Francisco the day before the SF Marathon

Shoe Charms

Friends, Erin and Chris and Harlow gave Tina Shoe charms to wear in the upcoming SF Marathon

Marathon preparation

New running shorts, singlet, Clif bar, toe spacers, new Balaga Dynamix running socks, GT 2170 running shoes, gentle tape first aide wrap, sports beans and GU energy gel, draw string lock clips, body glide, body heat patch patches, road ID running bracelet, plastic bag in case I hyper ventilate (don't ask), cool bandanna, cool sunglasses, strap to keep my sunglasses on my head, aloe gator total sunblock, headphones and iPhone cool windbreaker with cool pin-striping, purple feathers to tie to the back of my sun glass strap. (after all it is San Francisco) Marathon confirmation letters, Hotel confirmation letter & and plenty of attitude.

Ice creme truck

Memories from my youth. Love having the ice cream truck amble through my neighborhood.

Walter is hopeful he will be called upon to play

Foot on Fire

Dealing with a very sore left foot. About to begin my taper for the SF Marathon in earnest.

Open Sky

The sky opened up during my morning run. God shining down his light!

Long walk

Love my long walks with my wonderful wife.

Walked a half marathon today

13.14 miles with the Tinas

Twins

Two hearts are better than one! Mom and I love you sweetie!

Yankee Jim's fire and rocket in the sky

Hamburger in the sky

Half way there

Half way to my goal of running at least one mile a day for one full year.

Walk for Life

This morning Tina and I went for an 8 1/2 mile walk before work. It is a glorious time of day for a walk and a terrific way to start your day. Oh yeah, and I ran a mile.

Grandma with her boys

Detroit Train Depot

Taken a few years ago in Detroit when we were there to run the Detroit
Freepress Marathon.

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*This message brought to you by Walter the Safety Dog*

Me and Nancy

Pictured here with my good friend Nancy.

Marsha on her new bicycle

This is a picture of our neighbor Marsha on her new Schwinn bicycle.

Fourth of July parade in Lincoln

You want a piece of this?

Jamison is my name - dirt is my game!

Ice my Dogs

A little pain and swelling in my shanks ponies. Time for an ice bath. SF is 27 days out. Getting psyched!

A collage of old pictures

Fruits of Our Labor

We have been enjoying our home grown cherry tomatoes for the past several weeks. Today I picked some Early Girl tomatoes and Jalapeño peppers. The tomatoes are so juicy!