This is too cool: I just heard that my essay on running (titled “Running”–sorry, I’ve never been able to come up with catchy titles) won the Sport Literate literary magazine essay award. I am SO stoked.
I wish I could include the entire essay here, but I think I signed away first rights when I entered the contest. But here is a small tidbit:
“During a
mountain race out on Knoya Ridge a few years ago, a young man collapsed and
died. It was an overcast day in late spring, the air damp and moody. About
thirty of us lined up at the start and ran through curved and wooded trails
that slowly evened out the higher we climbed. Our pace slowed and sweat ran
down our backs, and during one fierce ridge I leaned down and rubbed my fingers
in the dirt and stuck them into my mouth, just to have something to taste. Up
above the tree line the world opened and breeze picked up and there was nothing
but silence and mountains and a stuttered line of runners.”
mountain race out on Knoya Ridge a few years ago, a young man collapsed and
died. It was an overcast day in late spring, the air damp and moody. About
thirty of us lined up at the start and ran through curved and wooded trails
that slowly evened out the higher we climbed. Our pace slowed and sweat ran
down our backs, and during one fierce ridge I leaned down and rubbed my fingers
in the dirt and stuck them into my mouth, just to have something to taste. Up
above the tree line the world opened and breeze picked up and there was nothing
but silence and mountains and a stuttered line of runners.”
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| Knoya Ridge, with Beebs in the corner, hee, hee. |
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| Spring hike up the Dome, near Knoya Ridge. |
Hope everyone is running, writing, working, hiking, biking or doing whatever else they enjoy. It’s 65 and sunny here and I’m heading off for a run. Poor MM is back in rainy Anchorage, stuffed in a suit and tie and suffering through the Board of Fisheries meetings. Please pray for him.
Cinthia Runs Alaska 
ajh
Congratulations!
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Ah Ah Alaska
Thanks! It's not as heady as your daughter winning her first 50-miler, but I'll take it.
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Karen
Congrats!! Soak up all that sunshine, girlie! 🙂
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bella swan
I read the Yahoo News articles daily, and I consistently see spelling mistakes, grammar mistakes, run off sentences, and sentences that just don't make sense. Many articles read more like a high school book report than a professional news article. So I was just wondering how exactly you get a job writing for Yahoo News, because I have some pretty interesting things I could write about, and I actually know how to use the spell check
regards,
hvac training in Alaska
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