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Entries from September 2007

Race: Bridge to Bridge 12K

September 30th, 2007 · No Comments

The San Francisco summer (September) delivered another beautiful morning today. The Bridge to Bridge 12K race is a local fixture I’ve never run. Starting at the Ferry Building, the race has only one short, steep hill, as it stays along the water almost the entire race, finishing in the Presidio. The official results are not [...]

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Tags: Everything · Racing · Running · San Francisco

Book: Vietnam: A History

September 21st, 2007 · 1 Comment

I spent most of August carrying around Vietnam: A History, by Stanley Karnow. I read snippets when I could, finally finishing around Labor Day, with the brief mention of the infamous helicopter evacuation of the last Americans from Saigon.
This is a popular, general history which doesn’t talk down to its readers. I learned much. Karnow [...]

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Tags: Books · Everything · Non-fiction