Saturday morning was the WakeMed Distance Festival 5K/10K run. I finished the 10K race in 51:00, but the "official" time for the 10K run was 25:39 minutes - I ran an additional 0.2 miles! I had my headphones on listening to my iPod shuffle, and at 3.2 miles into the race, there was a police officer pointing runners for the 5K and 10K portion. Well ( Read more... )

I am signing up for the Chicago Marathon on October 12, 2008. Let the training commence.

The Finish Strong 4 City Duathlon Series (Winston-Salem short course) results are published: I ended up 59/74 competitors. Not bad ... 15 people behind me! I was shooting for under 01:40:00, which I beat by 00:02:15, and not to be in the last 3 duathletes ( Read more... )

Another hot date with my office PC computer, Entropy. I'm definitely ready for graduate school to be over. Hopefully I'll be out of here by 11 PM tonight ( Read more... )

Finally, Curt Schilling and I have something in common! (See 2004 ALDS, Red Sox vs. Yankees)


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You know it's a bad sign when it's after 2100 and you're still in the office. I just saw a grad student couple and their 2-year old son. He was riding his big wheel down my office hallway. Dear Lord, I hope that when I have kids I never subject them to exercise inside my office building. This is a clear sign that I need to graduate and get the ( Read more... )

Guys, especially ncsuj or gregbarnes, my husband received this e-mail via the grapevine. I definitely plan to inquire ( Read more... )

Okay, let's start in reverse chronological order. This past weekend was busy with work and volleyball, so I wanted to take it easy. On a whim Sunday morning after mass, I checked the race schedule for the Smithfield Hot Trot 5K, a race I have ran the previous 2 years. It turns out the race was on that Sunday, 3:00 PM ( Read more... )

The Riverwood Triathlon starts Saturday morning in Clayton, NC. I have to be there before 7:30 AM to place my bike and everything else in the swim/bike transition area. Our starting race times are based on our 100 meter swim times, each person staggered by 15 seconds ( Read more... )

Even for something as trivial as dodgeball, I hate letting people go. I don't think I am manager material.