# All posts

## Chopin Prelude in A Major

Here's the video of me playing the piece, but the audio quality of the WAV file below the video is much better.

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## Introduction

Chopin completed the 24 preludes while in Mallorca where he spent the winter of 1838-39 in an attempt to …

## The Bear 2025

A not insignificant part of the last 4-5 years of my life has been oriented around my goal to finish the Bear 100. I am deeply grateful to my wife, parents, family and friends who have continued to support me along the way. I would not have made it very …

## On Resuming Piano Lessons

In August 2025, I started taking piano lessons again after a 15-year break. It has been fun and rewarding, and I wanted to write down some of my thoughts about my personal history with the piano, my intentions and goals, and the process of finding a teacher.

## A (not so …

## What am I going to do?

My brain spewed out the following ideas and questions in the final weeks leading up to my departure from my position at Rabo Agrifinance at the end of 2024. Now in August 2025, looking back on this, I do think it accurately captures the way I sometimes feel.

And the …

## Logan Peak 2024 Recap

Leading the way up Dry Canyon.
Photo: Eli Lucero | Herald Journal

My plan going into the race was to push it up Dry Canyon and climbing to Logan Peak and just do the rest of the run a little higher than my normal long run intensity. No one super speedy …

## Hogeye Marathon Review

Things did not go as I hoped they would, but I am also not too surprised about that. Here are a few notes I made in my training journal during the lead up to this race:

2/12/2023

> My current guess is that I'll be able to run my …