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  • Its Official, the Smack has been Laid Down

    4:09:05 after crossing the starting line, I threw myself across the finish line at my first marathon. I really wanted to break the 4 hour mark, but after dragging around legs of lead for the last 3 miles, I was pretty happy to make across the line at all. I walked a little in miles…

  • That Guy Ain’t Right in the Head… Part III

    The local paper had an interview with local Badwater Ultramarathon finisher, Todd Baum.  Job well done!  I can only dream of an accomplishment like that.

  • Simpsons Avatar Smack Down

    Keeping with the movie frenzy, I stumbled on 2 different tools that let you make your own Simpsons characters: SimpsonsMovie.com Geez, I don’t think I’d giggled so much in a long time. Pick sex, body shape, hair, eyes, noise, mouth, and clothes. Fun to go back after you’ve made yourself and see what you’d look…

  • That guy ain’t right in the head… Part II

    Here’s another guy in from the New York City area training for the Badwater Marathon. I like this guys training regiment: running in Central Park on a route with no shade (in a full body black tracksuit), mowing his lawn with a push mower in 3 layers of clothes, and getting heat acclimated by cranking…

  • Simpsons Fun

    With t-minus a week until the Simpsons Movie, I’ve got a few fun tidbits to share… Giant Homer. An over the top movie kick off stunt. Beer and Doughnut Ice Cream? You betcha! Ben and Jerry are bringing you Duff and D’oh Nuts. 7-11 to Quik-E-Mart Conversions. Unless you’ve been living under a rock, you’ve…

  • That Boy Ain’t Right in the Head…

    Here’s some video of local runner Todd Baum talking his preparations for the Badwater Ultramarathon.  For those not familiar, that’s 135 miles through the Death Valley desert.  Kinda puts my wussy marathon stuff into perspective.  The elevation diagram just makes me want to cry. Good luck, Todd!

  • Another Boilermaker in the Bag!

    Jeepers, its been a busy week. Pretty sad that I’m just now getting around to filing my Boilermaker recap, over a week later. After a busy few weeks of training, various commitments, and holiday visits, I was able to draw the line and I arranged to take it easy the Saturday before the race. Training-wise,…

  • Corporate Challenge 2007: Hot Stuff!

    The annual JP Morgan Chase Corporate Challenge was last night. After a day-of cancellation due to high heat and humidity, the race officials moved the race up about 5 weeks from the 1st Tuesday in August to the last Tuesday in June. Ironically, the temperature yesterday was quite high (mid 90s in the afternoon) and…

  • Am I a Cheese Roller?

    Recently, the following email showed up: From: James Fryer Date: May 14, 2007 1:07 PM Subject: Are you a cheese roller? Hi Jason, Apologies for the out of the blue email. I’m actually looking for the Jason Crowther who won last year’s cheese rolling event in Gloucestershire. I noticed on your website that you are…

  • Latest In Anti-Theft Technology

    (Via the TechEBlog, via Digg) the Brief Safe. How clever! They’re a pair of fake tighty whitey underpants with a secret compartment for hiding your valuables. Nothing special there, we’ve all seen clothing with special pockets like that before. The Brief Safe goes a step farther by adding a realistic looking skid mark on the…