Welcome to Passing Perception, a photo blog by me, Steven Morrisroe.
I am 37 and live in Forest Grove, Oregon in the United States.
Here I share my photos, thoughts, and interests with my family, friends, self, and the world.
Send e-mail to me: stevepassingperception@gmail.com

Hello and best wishes to everyone I have ever known who treated me with respect and kindness. I miss so many people I used to know, I cannot even begin to say. The world is a big place and people lead busy lives. Friends are lost and distances grow, but I remember all of you. Welcome also to all the people I do not know or have not yet met. Thank you for being here.
I have a daily blog as my every day place to share. Go check it out.
Originally the Hillsboro Running Group, then I lost my partner in it and became the lone organizer.
I changed the name to Westside Runners Group to include a larger area and grow it.
Now I have jumped into road cycling, have multi-sport (tri/du etc.) members and changed the name again.

Recent Comments:
  • Steven commented July 25, 2011 2:14 PM on 125 mile solo bike ride south from Forest Grove (my 4th ride and 1st century)
    "Thanks for looking. Sorry, I remembered incorrectly about the pool."

  • srr1567 commented July 25, 2011 10:00 AM on 125 mile solo bike ride south from Forest Grove (my 4th ride and 1st century)
    "An amazing accomplishment and you have a right to be proud. YOu saw some very cool places. By the way, the pool here isn’t closed they just quit having swim team, at least the last I heard."

  • Steven commented June 26, 2011 3:46 PM on Miscellaneous Comments
    "Carolyn, Yes the mylar ones will be up into July. Don’t know why the latex ones died immediately. They had hi-float in them too."

  • Steven commented June 26, 2011 3:44 PM on Oregon Road Runners Club Hagg Lake Runs 2011 10k, 10.4mi ( I ran the 10.4 mile)
    "No, you had to win a pie in the raffle and not everyone did. Plus, they had non vegan stuff in them."

  • srr1567 commented June 22, 2011 5:05 PM on Oregon Road Runners Club Hagg Lake Runs 2011 10k, 10.4mi ( I ran the 10.4 mile)
    "What a beautiful place to be. The day even gave you a rainbow. Did you get a pie?"

  • Carolyn commented June 21, 2011 12:50 PM on Miscellaneous Comments
    "I was scoping out your balloons via the webcam. Man, latex balloons are no fun! Next time I’m going with all mylar, which seem to last forever. :) "

  • Steven commented June 6, 2011 3:14 PM on March 2011 Miscellaneous Photos
    "Thanks for looking and commenting, Carolyn. Maudlin is a good word. The vanilla version of that milk is way better. It is the only kind I drink."


  • Jan 25

    This race I was not really ready for, but I still did far better than the only other time I had run it. The year before it had been my first ever 10k. I ran it a full minute per mile faster than the year before.
    http://orrc.net/races/garlicfest/garlic_tba.htm

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    Jan 19

    Here is a bike ride I went on east of Portland last “summer”. It was with one of the two meetup cycling groups I joined. I met most of those people that day, because I usually ride out west here. Two of the people I had met before, unfortunately, because they were incredibly rude. There were however some very nice people on the ride and it was a good day.

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    Jan 18

    I ran this half marathon on the 4th of July last summer. I used it to set my personal record, after the Helvetia Half turned out to be way too much uphill to do that. I had been running about half (or fewer) miles per week than pretty much everyone I was competing with in my part of the race. I can do much better. I did however finally run it in under an hour and a half and below 7 minute miles. Thank you very much to Maria and Kelly for letting me go with them. It was a very good morning.

    http://www.foottraffic.us/flat/
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    Jan 16

    I had quite a few photos from last July. It was a busy time. Here are photos of sunny things, cycling, my house I loved that I no longer have, things at my business I no longer have, yard work I did for no reason, lots of sunsets and blue skies, which are very rare here, empty dead businesses (besides mine), Fernhill Wetlands again, trail running, and more.

    These thumbnails are just a preview. Click on them to see the post. There are 269 photos.

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    Jan 04

    These photos are especially enjoyable to see during this miserable, gloomy, 100% humidity part of the year. We played golf at Quail Valley and ate together at Cornelius Pass Roadhouse.

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    Dec 19

    I know, I am posting these many months late. Some things came up. There are some interesting photos here. Take a look.

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    Nov 03

    I ran the Starlight Run for the first time this year, which is part of the Rose Festival and on the parade route right before the Starlight Parade. It was warm and humid and a lot of fun anyway. I did not wear a costume as some people I know did. I am too competitive. There was a costume contest with great prizes like tickets to Hawaii. Several people from my running group went too. The course was very hilly (uphill) and my pace was much slower than expected. It is just a tough course. People had fun though and I would do it again. It is a rare experience to race along a course packed with spectators. It makes you feel like a pro, even though they are not there to see you.

    http://www.rosefestival.org/events/starlightrun/

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    Aug 04

    HELVETIA HALF MARATHON SATURDAY, JUNE 11, 2011
    http://www.runwithpaula.com/helvetia-half/event-home-page

    http://www.racecenter.com/results/2011/res_ph11.htm

    This event was my second half marathon and my first time at this specific race.

    I got 45th place out of 2737 people in the half. I am extremely proud of that.

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    Jul 25

    I went on this ride back on May 30th. Kailash, who is in my running group, went with me. The group was a little slow for us but it was still a good ride and I saw places I had never been to before. One girl crashed and had to have someone come pick her up, we got drenched by a short rain shower, and the leader had major leg cramp problems in the hills. It was a nice adventure.

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