The alarm rang at 6 AM. Both Chad and I looked up, saw it was still dark and went back to sleep. I rationalized that we would be in a lot better shape if we got two hours of sleep and it was light out. Chad let the car...
Jun232013
Mar152013
My First 100 Mile Endurance Run: The Second 12 Hours
I felt good. Way too good. I left Chad and Joe. It was mile 54. I decided it was time to change my socks. I had been running in them all day and my feet felt fine. Well, that’s not exactly the truth. My feet hurt and were swollen...
Nov262012
My First 100 Mile Endurance Run: The First 12 Hours
Several days before the run, I made a plan. I spent hours on this thing. I created an Excel spreadsheet, calculated pace, figured out how much total time I would have run each mile, figured out what time I was expected to arrive at each mile and figured out...
Nov262012
My First 100 Mile Endurance Run: The Prologue
The day before the Run d’ Amore 100 Mile, I was sure I had everything packed: 2 pair of shorts 4 pair of underwear 6 pair of socks 3 pair of shoes 6 shirts Thermal shirt 2 jackets band aides Athletic tape Aspirin Hat Sunglasses Sun screen Body Glide...
Nov142012
Bullying: The Amanda Todd Dilemma
Last week, I read a sad story about a Canadian high school sophomore who had been bullied for years to the point she committed suicide. She told her story through a gut wrenching YouTube video just five weeks before killing herself. I will not go over her story since she...
Oct172012
Book Review: The Lust Lizard of Melancholy Cove by Christopher Moore
Leave common sense at the door, it is time for more Christopher Moore. His book, “Lust Lizard of Melancholy Cove” makes the “Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy” seem like a Nobel Prize winning physics thesis. The book shows what happens when a pot smoking sheriff, an insane B-movie actress,...
Oct152012
The Next Step
Racing experience: 1, 2, 3.1, 6.2, 10, 13.1, 18.6, 26.2, 31.1, 50. Guess what’s next. In thirty days, I run my first 100 mile race. So how do I do it? Answer: beats me. There are two reasons I love running ultra marathons. The first is that I do...
Oct092012
September Review
September is in the books. And, even though the month moved quickly, nothing much happened. Suffered from some heavy depression. Only three more months before I lose my job and that fact hit me hard. Many of the good friends that I have made in the last seven years...
Oct092012
Movie Review: Cabin in the Woods
So, is it a horror, dark comedy or science fiction. Well, yes…and no. When someone recommended Cabin in the Woods, she said she could not give me any information about the movie. All she would tell me is that it would be the most bizarre movie I have seen in...
Oct042012
Karma Rocks
I recieved a text tonight from my son. He said he will be starting aat outside linebacker in his next football game. Needless to say, he was exceited. See, all year he had been on the bench. He used his sparce time to play as hard as he could....