Gone Somewhere

Way back when I was in the army, after field exercises and training, we used to have an AAR, After Action Review. This was a time to review what went right and what went wrong and basically, how can we learn from our mistakes. Back then, I didn’t appreciate them too much, I think mainly [...]

Sunday started cold and wet, about 43 degrees and raining as I left the house. The forecast was for the rain to stop by 7, then get colder for a couple hours (down to 38) then come back up to 43 or so. With that in mind, my wardrobe consisted of 2 technical shirts, my [...]

This morning I headed down to the expo for the 2008 ING Georgia marathon at the Georgia Dome. (The location was changed last week after a tornado hit the original venue.) Getting there by train is no problem, and probably a lot easier than driving.I headed down relatively early, since there were some speakers at [...]

Last sunday, our group met to go run the trails at Elachee Nature center. This is a nice 5-6 mile loop that we all enjoy. Everyone wanted to go different distances-two people wanted 1, three wanted two, and one idiot wanted to do three. (Yes, you can guess who the idiot was without much difficulty.) [...]

A funny thing happened in the gym the other day. I just got back from my lunch run, and I was stretching. A gal with whom I work with was down there working out as she often is. (We see each other most days down there.) Well, she looks at me and says “Wow, nice [...]

Rolling out of bed this morning, all I heard was thunder and rain. So I did what came natural; got up, threw my clothes and grabbed my camera to go storm chasing. I decided to drive to my favorite abandoned gas station, since that would give me a bit of cover from the rain, and [...]

Just to let everyone know, I’ve moved the site to different software (and hosting it elsewhere). I’m now using WordPress, which generally is much easier to work with. You’ll notice the site looks a little different and will  continue to change over the next weeks as I tweak it to my liking. I’ve also started [...]

March Runners Fit Newsletter article. Recently, I was talking to a friend about shoes. He couldn’t understand spending a lot of money for shoes when he could go to the local budget sports store and buy a pair for $25. It reminded me of when I thought the same thing, and the events that led [...]

Ah, treadmills can be so boring. So one ends up coming up with any old way to entertain oneself. Usually I do some sort of ladder, where I start, and at a given increment, increase speed. Repeat as needed. Today, I tried something new. I jacked it up to my average speed, then went in [...]

The weather was perfect for my first run outside since last weekend Right after work today, I headed out to Little Mulberry to run the Ravine Loop. As you can probably guess from the name, there are some hills on the trail. It’s been a while since I’ve done the whole loop, and I forgot [...]