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5:15am, Hoan Kiem Lake, Hanoi Vietnam.

04/16/2010

He wears an ugly version of Keds, 1960s cheerleaders’ shoes that slap against the pavement, baggy cotton gym shorts and singlet two sizes too big for his narrow shoulders. With a sneaked look I see that the single hair growing out of the mole on his neck is much longer.

Solo or mo’ better?

03/06/2010

“OK, now what?” my wife asks when I return sweaty, exhausted, eyes glazed from a long solo run or bike ride. I have made several major life-changing decisions on these journeys. Decided to get married. Decided to move to Vietnam. Decided to ditch a comfortable 20-year career for utter uncertainty. Moved back to Colorado after 37 years away. I have also meditated on moving the couch and whether Rogaine could be a business expense. Most of my solo adventures are not about getting faster or because I’m antisocial, but to get the neurons firing.