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LA River, 2010

Riverside Drive

Sunday. Still tired from yesterday's dehydrating midday heat wave hill run through Griffith Park, today was a somewhat plodding 12.5 miler out my door, down the hill, Allesandro to Riverside to Fletcher, LA River bike path to the end and…
LA River, 2010

6 Miles Downtown

My urban loop - the first 6 miles of the LA Marathon route, basically: Dodger Stadium to Sunset Blvd down to Main, Main to 1st, 1st to Grand, Grand to Temple, right on Bellevue and then down to Echo Park, around and back to Sunset. If it were…
LA River, 2010

Stormy Wednesday, LA River

Wednesday morning 8am, April 28, 2010. In between storms, along the LA River. 6.56 miles. The storm clouds, the concrete and the grey gave everything a very cold, urban look. There's a certain alone-ness to these morning runs. The traffic…
LA River, 2010

Birthday Morning

The last time I actually celebrated a birthday was when I turned 36, back in 1996, 14 years ago. I was drunk, as always. My buddies took me to Jumbo's Clown Room, the skankiest of all Hollywood strip clubs, where Courtney Love got her start…