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Standing outside a wonderful bnb in McMinville, OR. Could've easily stayed there a few more days! The instruments and memorabilia are packed away. But the memories linger. Memories of seven runs over ten days in three different states with my Nikes pounding away on one of the nation’s most renowned walk paths to remote trails at over eight thousand feet elevation to touching base with my spiritual center. A short, but thoroughly delightful adventure that I call The “No Slu

I'm smiling because it's under 90 degrees! "Geez, Rick! What happened to you? When did you gain all that weight?” Whoops. This is June 1997. I was visiting friends, a brief detour from my drive to Wisconsin where I’d start my new job in a couple days. Clearly one of those friends had a knack for speaking their mind. And clearly the phrase, "whatever happens in Vegas stays in Vegas" did not apply to calories. Anyway, let’s go back a couple years. To March 1995, when I’d just a

Don't be fooled by the confusedly garbed me you see in this AI-generated pic! (And those biceps are definitely mine!) I hate being cold! As I'm recovering from my PRP (Platelet-Rich Plasma) injection, I'm noticing our change in seasons here in Iowa with temps finally dropping. I've said it before and it's worth repeating here that I'll take the hottest, most tropical day over a frigid one with horrid sub-zero wind chills. But our weather in the Midwest most typically falls

Meet the 2025 Body Project Team! Front row (l-R): Casey Willenborg, Rachel Morgan, Ryan Clement, Mandy Ives. Back Row: Nick Klocke, Me,...