worth a post... a facebook... a twitter

In fact I'm doing all 3!

http://mars9.jpl.nasa.gov/msl/participate/sendyourname/index.cfm

Follow this link and get a very cool certicate that says:


Eric Denton You are part of history! Your name will be carried to Mars on a microchip
carried by NASA's Mars Science Laboratory rover.
Certificate number: (your # here) Date: July 16, 2009

Who doesn't want to send their name to Mars?

Send your entire family... it's WAY past the moon!

blessings,

Eric

3 miles... slow. back at it!

3 miles- slow and easy... my life!

Friday morning I surfed with a long time friend- and a Friday surfing buddy... when I'm surfing. Paddled at maybe 3 waves- didn't stand up on any of them... that's ok. An incredible morning with much better surf than we'd expected. My board, laying in the wild flowers growing next to the sand.



Pushed myself out into the fog. Ran just one other day this week... not sure which day. This guy was in the middle of the road, dodging cars and they did some kind of construction or repair. It's always something.

3 miles- very easy... not too slow... just easy

7am Sunday Morning - Daylight Savings Time... looks like much of the world forgot to "spring ahead!"

nice run - cold!

2 and a half hours... not sure how many miles

after a few miles- turned down this trail onto what we use to call "Edna's Run"


Everything was green and beautiful... felt just a bit like running away.


GLOVES!!! Everywhere I run I come across random gloves! Who loses them all?


after a run filled with many adventures- lot's of sight seeing and no small amount of nostalgia... my eventual destination: Dad and Mom's grave... Mom's been gone 9 months, Dad, just over 2 weeks... feels like forever... feels like it couldn't be possible.


this...? well this is here because I didn't know how I'd ever be able to adequately describe it. No clue what it's doing out in the middle of the fields or why it is the way it is... but there it is.

Last 2 miles- after over 2 hours out -were brutal. Debi even called my cell phone, worried about me. She never does that. Think I just needed to clear my head. Buried another friend today. God Speed Carol.

6 miles... very slow

you learn something everyday...

Found these little boxes filled with pretty little bottles in them- never know what someone leaves behind. Didn't have my glasses on so I snapped a photo and left them on the side of the road. Googled the name when I got home: tequila... who knew? Appropriately, I fell down on my run today... the two weren't connected.

Didn't run last month... not once. Dedicated the month to listening in prayer. Then dad died on February 17th- at home, in his sleep. God is too good. Miss him though. Back at running this week.

10 Miles Easy

ran "Historic" Victoria Ave... absolutely glorious morning- cool to start. through newly planted orange groves - this is a state run "tree museum" just like in the old joni mitchell song - no lie.


Up onto my final 5 miles on Gage Canal- one of the few times I've run it alone- like running with ghosts- thinking back over the thousands of miles and many friends I've run it with




So many treasures along the way- like these beautiful palm lined roads through the groves


what it's all about- sunrise on a pretty darn good looking navel- and I left it!

Great Final Run of January!

6 miles at a comfortable pace

the house that was getting torn down- it's gone. a child care center is going up.


a note to the world? As sad a thing one might find in the grass on the side of the road... yet there it was- a cry from a mother...


on the backside- this photo of her son. No #, name, nothing. That's it.


more gloves... I'm getting a little paranoid... is someone trying to tell me something?

It was a gorgeous day- warm, clear and windy. Felt fantastic. Retired my Mizuno Nirvana 4's. Got a brand new pair- in a different color -just waiting to hit the road. Hope they last til the "5's" come down in price.

Found a quarter coming up the hill. a good day.

6 Miles - a little faster

lost gloves... I can't escape them... they hound me, reach out to me... here's another.

Beautiful cool morning- pushed it a little -still, just about an hour out.

God's Good!

Sunday Run... 6 miles... slow and very easy

gorgeous morning- cool and perfect for running. just a few miles south west of this spot- in the same vein of fields -they have 24 hour security watching over a woolly mammoth tusk that was exposed after the last rains. These fields always looked perfect for herds of huge mammoths! Got to wonder what killed them off.

a hit and miss week of running

spent more time in a dentist chair this week... BAH!


ran 6 miles - WAY TOO EARLY - Wednesday morning


way too early...


ran 13+ Saturday morning- picked up someone's trash


did a few of it on the world famous Gage Canal... well maybe not world famous, but it's sure a sweet place to run

a very sore, very slow 6 miles

looking up my final climb. I face it almost every morning- the last hill of the run


the look back down. Gorgeous morning... sore legs!

12 Miles... FUN! The REAL January, 17th post

from the highest spot on my run... looking out towards Mt Baldy... I've run to the top of that too!


You never know where you might find a spa... or where you might need one!


gloves... how do people lose so many? gloves and shoes... each with their own story


near the end of my run- a self portrait -just made a little over 12, Debi drove by me coming into town and offered me a ride... I can't resist her! But should have gone over 14 today.

6 Miles... really nice- Thursday, January 15 - ignore that big date!

a road I run every morning


another one bites the dust... looks like they're putting in new homes behind it

6 miles- nice pace after a day off

867-5309... Jenny and Tommy and the TuTones... some of todays running companions...

summary of the last few days

easy 6... Thursday morning trail


our local firefighters- waiting for toxic clean up crew... I'd been wondering what that was on the side of the road- they were wondering too.


Friday morning- ditched my run to surf with Steve and my son John- great time together- nice paddle for me.


The rest of the day Friday- no bueno! at endodontist... ouch!


sunrise in front of my house- back at it this morning... easy 3

late run - 6 miles - pushed it some

Hard to see... but at the top of this little hill are 5 or 6 HUGE granite rocks that just break the surface. Click on the picture and it should go full size- in the background you'll see the snow tipped cap of San Jacinto. Those rocks have got a special quality to them... kind of spiritual.

Sunday - 6 miles easy, Monday- 5 miles... gentle start

suburban sunrise... at mile 4.5 love my Sunday morning runs


running on Monday morning... normally my day off... a very gentle 5. we have 3 or 4 miles of trails like this in our neighborhood. I touch part of it most every morning. Ran "the loop" today. Gorgeous... and cold!

12 plus miles... back at the long run

ran through the oranges today... so few places on the planet to do this


first had to go to the top of the hill... just a couple years ago this was all oranges and we ran through it with great joy...


the caped crusader... battered, broken and left in the gutter... no wonder he's called "The Dark Knight!"


Riverside's navel oranges- the best in the world and perfect for picking right now... these two were "liberated" to help a weary runner!


The fields a mile out my doorstep- covered with drizzle this morning -looking just a bit Jurassic!

A great run... even more, a great time outside.

7 Miles - Nice and Easy

beautiful Magnolia seeds...? pods...? not a blossom but sure pretty


the "rural" portion of this morning's run

6miles- slow - on tired legs

run by this van most mornings... they made the playoffs... GO CHARGERS!


another perfect new year's day in Southern California... they'll be packing moving vans nation wide after watching the Rose Parade/Bowl... who can blame them.

Happy New Year! 2009... hope it's our best year yet... keep running!