On Saturday, December 6th, I participated in the Buffalo Polar Plunge fundraiser for our local Special Olympics organization. I plunged into Lake Ontario in February 2023 with the 716Ruck group, but I missed it the last two years because of travel and other conflicts. That was actually not too awful; the water was only 35,Continue reading “Polar Plunge 2025”
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72 hours in Boston
It has only been five days since I returned from Boston, so this is one of my most promptly written travel blogs. Buffalo’s endless summer continues. It is expected to reach 80 degrees today and remain sunny throughout the week. In a few hours, I am heading down to Hamburg to do some Stand-up PaddlingContinue reading “72 hours in Boston”
loose ends….
ONE week from now I will be a few hours into my 14 hour flight from JFK/NYC to Haneda/Tokyo. Besides packing and other chores I wanted to wrap up the last travel blog that I need to get done. But first…. Here is a great blog entry from Substack I just came across. She isContinue reading “loose ends….”
Vacation Week 1/3
I’ve been in SC for a full week, and I am finally feeling somewhat relaxed. I know it has been a week because my “desert island calendar” said 7 days this morning. And it is even a diary of sorts because I know I got the oyster shell on my 20-mile run day. The beachContinue reading “Vacation Week 1/3”
A change in latitude.
WOW. It is already January 10th, and I never even wrote a 2024 wrap-up post or one about my drive home from Panama City Beach (Ironman Florida) in November or my vacation in Siesta Key in December! Will get around to those later but for today will just write about the last few days. IContinue reading “A change in latitude.”
Ironman Florida 2024
I am blogging at the beach! It is February 4th and after a great Waffle House breakfast, I dropped Alex at the tiny airport for their trip back to Brooklyn. They were my Sherpa for the race and also volunteered for 7 hours at a run aid station; handing out water, electrolytes, ice, and foodContinue reading “Ironman Florida 2024”
Ironman Florida 2024
I am blogging at the beach! It is February 4th and after a great Waffle House breakfast, I dropped Alex at the tiny airport for their trip back to Brooklyn. They were my Sherpa for the race and also volunteered for 7 hours at a run aid station; handing out water, electrolytes, ice, and foodContinue reading “Ironman Florida 2024”
Slow Horses…
Before writing I want to ask you to PLEASE install the Jetpack for WordPress app (FREE!), once you make an account (FREE!), you can then search for Sailwestmac.com and “subscribe”/”follow” me, and then you will get notified via the app when I post. You will also be able to read any old posts easily andContinue reading “Slow Horses…”
1st race of 2024
After volunteering all last weekend for the Buffalo Marathon (and I DID sign up to run it in 2025), I had my first multi-sport race of the season yesterday. I REALLY (REALLY!) wanted to write about Alex’s college graduation before this, but as I didn’t get to it last week, I decided it would beContinue reading “1st race of 2024”
Protected: Ohhhh Canada….
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