Nathanial Garrod

Category Archives: Thoughts

Brief Updates

I have been so busy the past few weeks that I have not had a chance to write down any thoughts or reflection on my goals/priorities for 2015, or thoughts … Continue reading

January 6, 2016 · Leave a Comment

Transformation Tuesday: The Three Musketeers

Very rarely, I decide to give in to Instagram theme days. Tuesday is always #transformationtuesday, a day to celebrate change and transformation over time. This is a picture of my … Continue reading

December 1, 2015 · Leave a Comment

Peak Fall

(Author’s Note: this post was written on Saturday, November 7th while waiting for the MAX to the airport from my apartment. The delay of posting until after the mentioned trip … Continue reading

November 11, 2015 · Leave a Comment

RNR Vancouver Half Reflections

It is midnight as I type this, and I am somewhere between cannot sleep and do not want to sleep. I ran 13.1 miles this weekend at the Rock N … Continue reading

October 27, 2015 · Leave a Comment

One Foot in Front of the Other: A marathon reflection

Early in grad school I decided it would be a good idea to run a marathon at some point in my life. When I made this decision, a long run … Continue reading

October 12, 2015 · 1 Comment

Rethinking Success

I have long found the word “successful” to be nebulous and imprecise, a vague term applied to an uncertain set of goals determined by a group. I remember when I … Continue reading

September 27, 2015 · Leave a Comment

Two Years in Portland

Remember that one time I told you about how impressed I was that I had lived somewhere for a year and that it is the longest I have ever lived … Continue reading

June 18, 2015 · Leave a Comment

A Year of Marvel

Around Thanksgiving 2013, I started reading a few comics that friends recommended to me in passing. Then in late December/early January I started picking up more trade paperbacks. I began … Continue reading

March 13, 2015 · Leave a Comment

Terwilliger Hill

Fast feet push the ground, but I cannot hear the thud-thud-thud because of the music in my headphones, a different kind of thud-thud-thud. I push up Terwilliger, a hill that … Continue reading

March 10, 2015 · Leave a Comment

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