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Breakfast with Iram Leon, the 2020 Cap10K race ambassador
Iram Leon thinks it’s pretty amusing that he’s been selected as race ambassador for the 2020 Statesman Capitol 10,000. Last year, Olympic gold medalist Sanya Richards-Ross held the post. In 2018, Olympic silver medalist Leo Manzano was ambassador. “They went downhill...

Want cars to see you when you run in the dark? Try this!
Did you see that multi-colored flash of light streak down your street the other morning?That wasn’t an asteroid entering the earth’s atmosphere - it was me, jogging from my home in the Allendale neighborhood to Barton Springs Pool for a dip. Since it was dark at 6:30...

Trash is piling up on Texas beaches – please help clean it up
If you need convincing that we’ve got a plastic problem on our planet, take a stroll on the beach.When a weekend scuba diving trip got cancelled, I headed to the Texas coast to dip my toe in the surf. I got distracted between sets of leaping through the waves at North...

Today’s adventure: Making gin!
Me and gin, we’ve got a thing. Last week, during a trip to Park City, Utah, I mixed a blend of botanicals to create my very own gin, suitable for sipping. Rob Sergent, owner of Alpine Distilling (which, besides making booze, has a pie bar!) walked me through the...