I feel very fortunate that I don’t have to travel very much for work, I don’t think I could ever do the consulting thing. Sleeping in my bed every night ranks high on my list of likes. Last week 4 of us from work traveled to Hilton Head, SC for a user conference for the…
Category: Run
Running Sucks!
While I was running home on Wednesday after work I felt a little twinge in my right calf and hamstring with less than 1/3 of a mile to go. I managed to make it home and stretched everything out. However during the evening and all day Thursday it felt like a slight strain and was…
Changing Seasons
It’s that time of the year when the sun sets earlier, the temps slowly start to drop and the focus changes from bike rides to other activities. Mia and I have both signed up for November half marathons. That means it’s time to cut back on the pedaling a bit and start getting serious about…
2016 Halloweenathon
I haven’t done any running races in the past 11 months. After doing the Silver Falls Half Marathon last year, I was kind of just done with running. I had some calf injuries leading up to last year’s race and was just sick and tired of being injured. Cycling and hiking don’t destroy my body…
Silver Falls Half Marathon
Today was my chance to run the Silver Falls Half Marathon. I’d heard about this race after we had hiked the main loop during our first fall here in Oregon. It was definitely on my must do list. I started out with a ton of motivation for this race back in late July. Training was…
Winning in more ways than one
It’s been a good couple weeks. I did the Gateway to the Gorge 8 Miler on the 12th and somehow ended up 2nd overall and won the Masters Division. I was “accused” by an unnamed friend of finding the least competitive races around, but my reply is you can only compete against those who show…
ON & OFF RHODES 