Fall is the Season
November is here now and I'm in the middle of my favorite time -- right before the holidays, when it's still warm but cool enough to be cozy, and in the middle of all the fun stuff like Halloween, school band concerts, soccer, volleyball and planning for 2010. Sometimes I think my head will explode with excitement. I finished 13.1 miles on August 30 @ the inaugural Santa Rosa Marathon, and have since spent the last two months doing yoga and lifting weights. My back is in horrific pain... but on Halloween night I dressed up as a ghost and ran 1/2 mile back to my car, scaring little kids as I went. Then yesterday did 21 miles on my bike down Chileno Valley Road. Not bad. I think I'm ready to run again! I've been really busy preparing for the production of my film and keeping up with work so there's been no time to ponder my own simple pleasures. Well, at the moment, I don't think I have any. Just working hard on my goals, really really hard. For film suppor