Mindblown: a blog about philosophy.
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Guayaquil, Ecuador Marathon
Ecuador comes from “Equator” — the Earth’s middle meridian line that passes through this diverse South American country. The ocean is warm along the coast, the low lands are tropical rainforest on both sides of the Andes Mountains, with Amazon jungle on the expansive east side. Ran 26.2 in Guayaquil, Ecuador’s largest city along…
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Florence, Italy Marathon
[slideshow_deploy id=’462′] My favorite film director, Federico Fellini said that all you need to make a movie is snow and a train. Had both, riding the rails in late November from Milano south to Firenze. Being half-Italian (on my mother’s side), I felt totally at home with 9,000 runners from 60 countries as we…
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Inverness, Scotland Marathon
[slideshow_deploy id=’457′] “Wherever I wander, Wherever I rove,The hills of the Highlands, For ever I love. . .” –Robbie Burns, 1789 In a past life, brought forward in reoccurring nocturnal dreams, I was a Scottish Highlander. With long red hair and thistle-filled beard, and clad in nothing but a kilt — I roamed the…
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Barcelona Marathon
[slideshow_deploy id=’453′] The catalyst for visiting the Catalonian city of Barcelona was to see Antoni Gaudi’s architecture. Gaudi and Barcelona surpassed expectations. Barcelona, in the northeast corner of Spain, is the largest city on the Mediterranean Sea. Called “The Spanish Paris,” “The Capital of the Future,” and “The Territory of Illusions” it takes ancient…
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Boise, Idaho Marathon
[slideshow_deploy id=’447′] Combo of a marathon in the capital city of Idaho and a pilgrimage to pay homage to the author who inspired me to be a writer. Boise is a tree-filled valley in the high desert of western Idaho, with an untamed river running through town, feeding the trees and invigorating the populace.…
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Honolulu, Hawaii Marathon
[slideshow_deploy id=’438′] by Paula Grecco. My husband was running his 74th marathon in Honolulu, Hawaii, and I was anxiously jostling for space with the other spectators, waiting for him to cross the finish line at Waikiki Beach. I kept glancing at my watch, at first not letting it bother me that he seemed to…
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Inside Passage Book Review – By The Nature Book Club
Adventures in Wilderness The Nature Book Club Two hundred miles north of Vancouver “and about a hundred years back” lies Swanson Island, a remote rock along the icy, rugged coastline between Alaska and Seattle – the setting of this riveting adventure. INSIDE PASSAGE describes Michael Modzelewski’s experiences – both wonderful and harrowing – in…
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Inside Passage Book Review – By The Seattle Morning News Tribune
A Natural Passage Inside To The Soul Book Review by Author and historian Murray Morgan who contributes free-lance book reviews to The Seattle Morning News Tribune The Inside Passage, the waterway between Puget Sound and Alaska that lies between the continental shore and the screening offshore island, has intrigued and endangered boatmen since European explorers…
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Inside Passage Book Review – By San Francisco Examiner
San Francisco Examiner THERE WERE BEASTS in both places, but nothing much else was the same about Michael Modzelewski’s two memorable “homes” – a football locker room at the University of Maryland and remote Swanson Island, 200 miles north of Vancouver in British Columbia’s Inside Passage. Football came first, and it came naturally. Modzelewski’s father,…
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Malibu, California Marathon
[slideshow_deploy id=’899′] Hilly course along the PCH, Pacific Coast Highway, with awesome views of the ocean. Mile markers on upright surfboards. Finish at famous Zuma Beach, where you can dive into the Pacific O. after kicking it in!
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