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  • Arc Half Marathon 2009

    Earlier today I ran the ARC Half Marathon.  I wasn’t planning on having a fantastic run, as my training has been pretty hit or miss lately, and I’ve got a knee that’s a touch sore from that wreck last week. Things started off well enough;  quite well, in fact.  Splits for miles 1 and 2…

  • Too Stupid to Stop

    So I took last night off from running so I’d be a little more rested for a good long run this morning.  I was up on time (a little earlier actually, due to the full moon shining right in my face), through the requisite GI wake period and out the door by 5:45, anticipating a…

  • WordPress Update

    After seeing a scary WordPress update warning on mashable.com, I was guilted into doing a little maintenance work on the old blog.   I was half way through the normal WordPress update procedure that I know and don’t really look forward to… backup the database, back up the site’s files, download the new release, unzip and…

  • Brightroom Pics from the Boilermaker

    I was so fast this year, they were only able to catch me at the finish line.  Well, that’s what I’d like to think.  In real life, folding my bib number down so just the actual number shows probably makes it hard to read for the far too dedicated folks who manually tag all the…

  • Boilermaker 2009

    I think a shirt that I saw during the race pretty much sums it up: “My sport is punishment in your sport…” Yeah, that feels about right. Splits: Mile 1: 6:54 Mile 2: 7:36 Mile 3: 7:15 Mile 4: 7:40 Mile 5: 6:41 Mile 6: 7:08 Mile 7: 7:43 Mile 8: 7:12 Mile 9: 7:25…

  • Take Two on the Tweet

    Expected that last post to put in a Tweet.  Turns out I didn’t have the auto create tweet from post option turned on.  Option toggled and hopeful it’ll work this time.