danmaruschak

Yay! Congratulations to all the winners, and thank you to everyone who participated!

I find geese to be protective of their young but as long as I give them space they don't do anything more aggressive than hissing warnings. The path is wide enough that I can usually pass by without alarming

I didn't get enough steps yesterday to be worth posting (we had snow and ice here and I didn't want to risk being out in slippery conditions), so I won't have an entry for the 13th.

I think I preferred the League model, I think it probably feels like things are more under your control whereas sometimes which group you land in can be a big factor in how challenging that part of the

Awesome! Thanks for the contest and to all the competitors for participating. The results of the final seem especially sweet because my decision to go for an extra walk to get more steps that day to make

Thank you, and thanks for being an inspiring competitor that I knew would be tough to match.

I'd like to use Tuesday, Dec 31 as my scoring day.

Great! Congratulations to everyone else who did well, thanks for running the competition, and thanks to everyone who participated for making it a good challenge.

Yes, these are roses in the Owen Rose Garden, one of the parks along the riverbank trail.

It probably doesn't impact things much, but here's from the Health app on my iPhone:

Yes. I think there may have been some wildfire smoke in the air.

I don't know how much snowmelt vs other sources contribute to the river. It's the Willamette River.

My esteemed opponent may do 40k - as he had done during recent @macfit Final Four, but let it be. Actually only 21k today, after four days around 40k for the @macfit final I needed some lighter days. But

Great! Thanks for organizing the competition and thank you to all the competitors for being part of it.

Alton Baker Park is near the middle of Eugene, Oregon, USA, which is the city I live in.

I wasn't keeping track of my exact starting and leaving times, but I'd guess between 3 and 4 hours.

Looks nice! In theory I like winter weather, but the combination of snow and ice that we've got here, combined with the fact that we get it so rarely in my town that we're bad at dealing with it, means

Congratulations to the winners, and thanks to everyone who was part of the competition!

Thanks! But it looks like we officially tied so we both made it to the finals. Good luck!

Herons are local but also big and cool looking so I think people just like them. We're a college town and the University of Oregon's team is the Ducks so ducks probably have a bigger claim on being the