I did it. My first 5 mile race. Apparently running is a lot like organic chemistry. If you don’t practice your skills you are likely to look stupid during the exam. But I digress, I ran this 5 mile race on Thanksgiving morning. 8:00 a.m. and 21 degrees F. Crazy running conditions. It was a [...]
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Turkey Trot
December 1st, 2008 · No Comments
Tags: Family · Friends · Running · Uncategorized
fatherhood and 5k’s
November 9th, 2008 · 2 Comments
Today, Caleb, my oldest at age 8, and I ran the Springboro YMCA 5k. Funny enough, he was the youngest runner and I was the largest runner. He did great. His first mile was a sub 10 minute miler. Then he had two consecutive 11 mile runs. He had a great final time of 32:13. [...]
Audience Question
November 1st, 2008 · 2 Comments
Joe from Hawaii writes: Everyone always seems to want to know what’s on the iPod of an Olympic athlete. I’d say running the 1/2 marathon qualifies you. So, what do you say? What are you listening too as you run? What’s on your iPod? Well Joe, a lot of time and attention goes into the [...]
Tags: Friends · pop culture · Running
Distance from a distance
October 26th, 2008 · 3 Comments
I have been telling stories about the 1/2 marathon for a week. Yet, today, I realized that I hadn’t shared any here. My 4 fans deserve some of the stories. The marathon started with little fanfare. I was about 1 block and half from the start and looked for folks who might be running at [...]
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Finished
October 19th, 2008 · 5 Comments
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