To my wife and I, Labor Day weekend means exploring. Over Labor Day weekend eight years ago, we got engaged on a roadtrip to Chilliwack, BC (we picked that destination simply because the name made us laugh). This Labor Day, we decided to go somewhere close to home. We took a look online and discovered that there are some covered bridges nearby [...]
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Comments(2) On the early morning run, with my ipod in my hand. With an aching in my legs, and a shoeful of sand… I’m a long way from home, and only a couple more miles to go. Out during mile number 9, Asics laces and set to go But I’m stuck here in the grass with [...]
Read More..>>“War! What is it good for? Absolutely Nothing!” Today, a hearty group of 6 took off up Currahee Mountain. (Brad, Duane, Dustin, Keith, Ryan and myself. El Goat was awol again.) This mountain, the southernmost peak in the Blue Ridge mountain range, gives us a bit of history in the area. Back in World War II, [...]
Read More..>> Comments(6) Let it be known that yesterday, August 19, 2008, was a good day. First off, I woke up. And as we all know, that’s a great way to start the day. Heading off to work, which isn’t bad, since I don’t hate my job, I went to workout at lunch. After taking an easy walk [...]
Read More..>>Saturday brought our merry band of runners together for an evening of camraderie and sweat. Most of us started the morning with our usual group run, a casual 5 to 8 miles followed by the breakfast of soon-to-be champions. (Mcdonalds.) From there, we went our separate ways for the day, and reconvened at 7:00 PM. [...]
Read More..>>Well, it’s that time of year again. The bowling league started up again, and now I have plans every Tuesday night for the next 35 weeks. (36 week season.) Woohoo. The exciting thing last night was I got an award I earned last year. The guy who dropped it off proceeded to give me a [...]
Read More..>> Comments(4) A couple days ago (Saturday), I was sitting around talk to the wife after dinner. Originally, I wasn’t planning on running, but as I was talking to hey, I mentioned that I’ve done 5 days in a row. Maybe I should just see how long I can keep it going. Of course, as we all know, [...]
Read More..>>Took a Saturday off from running this morning, as Runners Fit was doing the timing for a local 5K at Flowery Branch High School. A few of the gang were running in, and a few more of us volunteered to help out. I like to volunteer at a race once or twice a year. I [...]
Read More..>>Everyone who’s spent time running knows that you will sometimes see strange things. There’s a lot of blog posts about this. Well, today I got to see something new. I headed out at lunch down the street on my usual course. All is well, and to be honestly, I’m actually just walking because the 95 [...]
Read More..>>After the post the other day about contests and cookies, I had the urge for them last night. So, out come the ingredients, and a while later, fresh baked cookies. Yummy! Now, knowing that I’d eat them all if they were here, I continued baking the whole batch to bring to the running club in [...]
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