Rim-to-Rim-to-Rim 5/3/2025
I am on my laptop the morning after R^3 given I haven't been able to sleep at all from CNS / whole body being fried. This was a pretty emotional effort for me, so thought I'd get some thoughts on paper while fresh (edit: further continued throughout the following week) . Backdrop: Brian Buell, a friend & runner, that I have such major respect for called this out in a running sheet he shared with me last summer as a major bucket list item. I was aware of it, but not all that overly interested until in early January, Taylor mentioned that it'd be really cool to go for it in May (same time she did it the year prior). We ended up locking it in for Cinco de Mayo weekend with the thought that the margarita after, would be the best tasting margarita of all time. This actually led to us discussing, "What if this was the first margarita we have all year?" to "What if this is the first drink we have of the year?" We both committed and haven't drank in 2...