tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-53270946480733388.post6538430873783804210..comments2024-03-20T18:40:37.069-07:00Comments on UltraPedestrian: Kettle Crest Traverse: North To SouthRas (j vaughan)http://www.blogger.com/profile/01809752577805616128noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-53270946480733388.post-87682494125177357262020-07-25T05:29:11.024-07:002020-07-25T05:29:11.024-07:00Today the Electric Tea Kettle universe is made up ...Today the Electric Tea Kettle universe is made up of dozens and dozens of styles to suit any budget and decorating style . <a href="https://www.w3onlineshopping.com/best-electric-kettle/" rel="nofollow">water kettle</a>Jason Royhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01542972466616286734noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-53270946480733388.post-54583383295702373752013-11-05T12:59:57.328-08:002013-11-05T12:59:57.328-08:00Thank you Peter! I'm glad you inspired to set ...Thank you Peter! I'm glad you inspired to set out on your own running adventures that are about running for the pleasure of running. I will include training in my future blogs-thanks for the suggestion. Much of Ras' running is about him putting in miles and miles while he pursues the adventures themselves. He works full time as a carpenter which is very hard physical labor. This keeps him strong. Most weekends, we will do a long run together, a planned ultra race, or a bigger adventure like the Kettle Crest. I loosely follow a training plan during the week, just getting out consistently and running trails that have lots of hills so that I am including hill training in almost every run I do. I have a set mileage goal per week and then decide on which routes I want to do, making sure the routes will total the mileage goal. Enjoy your running and yes, for the pure pleasure of miles under your feet!Kathy Vaughanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16781079217933588340noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-53270946480733388.post-41493009404094336342013-11-05T12:49:27.835-08:002013-11-05T12:49:27.835-08:00Joseph-I love this poem! Thank you so much for sha...Joseph-I love this poem! Thank you so much for sharing! "I also yearn to tell them of the sweet wild grapes, raspberries and strawberries Mushrooms, sorrel, dandelions, paint brush greens and sage The food the trail gives is born from that waterfall you seek!" The Ital bounty! I'm glad you enjoy following our blogs and Ras and I will both continue to share our adventure stories and the insights we gain from these. Thanks!!<br />Kathy Vaughanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16781079217933588340noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-53270946480733388.post-13981264033429509472013-10-25T09:53:16.230-07:002013-10-25T09:53:16.230-07:00I have been following this blog for a while now an...I have been following this blog for a while now and have really appreciated the lack of focus you both have on winning. I love the OKT concept you both embrace. It falls right in line with my personal adventure planning. As an aspiring vegan it is really encouraging to read your snack lists and see that an Ital diet can work for high energy output lifestyles. I love reading your posts so much I thought I would share something I wrote about being outside with you.<br />Empty Mountain<br />by joey<br />I sit here on mountain side, breathing<br />I take a sip from waterfall<br />Nibbling on fresh fruits and veggies<br />Listening to eagle mother flap and sing<br />People ask me on the trail if there is a waterfall at all<br />I cannot but say, “Yes, keep going, it’s up there”<br />Though I want to tell them that the trail is difficult,<br />I also yearn to tell them <br />of the sweet wild grapes, raspberries and strawberries<br />Mushrooms, sorrel, dandelions, paint brush greens and sage<br />The food the trail gives is born from that waterfall you seek!<br />And is scattered about your feet even now<br />I want to show them the tiny rainbows in each fold of water<br />As it rushes through the flumes of smoothed granite gneiss<br />But it takes a different kind of eye to see this subtle magic<br />The eyes that perceive your dreams and give form to your ideas<br />We all have this vision, but few practice seeing the waking world<br />Through the eyes that do not see duality.<br />I long to sing the waterfalls’ song to them<br />But the language of magic is hard to hear over the sound of thoughts<br />This mountain and its waterfall are empty vessels<br />Filling up with whatever you have in your heart<br />Love, joy, curiosity, fear, loneliness, anger<br />Whatever you bring with you is all that you will find<br />To bring nothing with you is the only way to find the waterfall<br />Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00997314824163533659noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-53270946480733388.post-8686216193763927102013-10-25T07:05:09.958-07:002013-10-25T07:05:09.958-07:00All I can say is WOW!!!!! One thing that would be ...All I can say is WOW!!!!! One thing that would be interesting to hear in future posts is how both of you train for these expedition/runs...do you have a specific training plan and schedule or is your running organic in that you just put in miles and miles and miles of running.<br /><br />Anyway congrats. You are both inspirations and are slowly leading me away from the 'race events' to FKT's and running for the pure pleasure of the miles under my feet.<br />Bon chance est a bientot.<br />Peter Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com