Wow, it’s been hot! Hot, hot, hot…Hotlanta. Yup, that’s where we are. Okay, enough whining. A co-worker talked me into running the Dennis McCormick 5K in a couple weeks. (The check’s in the mail.) Di looked the course, and after confirming it with the race director, it looks like it’s pretty tough. The first half [...]
Read More..>>Having just had a birthday, I decided to head out to try to run a really long ways…the plan was for either 8 hours or 41 miles, whichever came first. Arriving at the park where I was going to run to find Beth M and Ryan R waiting to do a little bit with me. [...]
Read More..>>I’m planning on a long, slow, really boring run Saturday to celebrate getting old. Plan is to do the lake loop at Little Mulberry Park, Hog Mountain Entrance, starting at 7:30, going for 8 hours or 41 miles, whichever comes first. I’ll be going slow, as usual. (Figuring 2 laps per hour in the second half, [...]
Read More..>>Whew. For those of you who don’t remember, way back when, I started running the stairs in my building every Tuesday. The goal was to get to a sub 4 minute time. Yesterday, I finally managed 3:59.7 seconds!
Read More..>>Pretty good month, if I say so myself. For the weight challenge we’re having at work, for the [not quite] halfway point, I’ve lost 9 pounds. I know my buddy lost 6, and a bunch of people haven’t done squat. I feel pretty good, and although I’m hungry sometimes, I dont’ feel like I’ve starved [...]
Read More..>>Yesterday, I made it out to the group at Runners Fit. Matt, the sales rep from New Balance was there to let us demo some new models. He had the 760 and 1268 (if I remember correctly). I chose the neutral shoe. We headed out for a nice 6 miles on the “new” group run [...]
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Comments(1) You know all those stairs I’ve been climbing for the last few months? No, they haven’t gotten any easier. Wanting some variety this week, I decided to go run a good 1.4 mile loop first. (That’s about how far it is around the office complex at work.) And you know what? That makes it a [...]
Read More..>>Last week, on the spur of the moment (and goading by coworkers), I joined the office weight loss challenge. 5 dollars to enter, 2 months. Winner gets a gift certificate to a restaurant in the amount equal to the pot. Now, a restaurant doesn’t make sense to me…because if I win, I’m gonna say give me a [...]
Read More..>>So I’m happily here checking my mail. Oh look. Something from GUTS. A confirmation that I’m registered for the race on Jan 3rd. Cool, I figured I was in, but it’s nice to get the confirmation. It’s a 50K…technically a fat-ass, but it’s probably the best stocked and manned FA in the country. Food, beer, [...]
Read More..>>Ah, a free afternoon, and I was able to get out to play. Although I was hoping to meet up with D-Ray and Whit, the stars didn’t align and I missed them at Little Mulberry. Oh well… Starting from the Fence road interest, I had a casual lap around the horse trail. I was really [...]
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