Gutentag from Germany ( Read more... )

Yesterday was the Bucktown 5K race not far from me. While it was a bit chilly when I woke up, it warmed up a bit and turned out to be perfect weather for the run ( Read more... )

Today was the Shamrock Shuffle, which must mean that it's Spring! Well, judging by the temperature, maybe not. It wasn't too bad during the run, though ( Read more... )

Marathon Attempt #2 was a success!

My official time was 5:05:52, securing me 1068th place. Not bad for a guy missing part of his knee.

Now I'm really looking forward to that 5-hour drive home.

Oh blog, whyfor have I been rejecting you? I shall have many updates soon, but this one's about the run I just finished ( Read more... )

The half marathon is done. Official time is 2:18:38, counting everything but a bathroom break. That's 10:33 per mile. My cousin, who paused for the water stops, said we were actually running about 9:50 per mile. Not bad!

Just curious if this will work...

It was a fun weekend. I finally got back into running. Saturday was the first time I ran since fall, getting two miles in.

After the run, I headed up to the fine metropolis of Kenosha for some board game playing with some high school friends. We played HeroClix, which I found rather boring and the El Grande, which is probably one of my favorite ( Read more... )

Yesterday, I ran in my first ever race - the Shamrock Shuffle downtown. It was only an 8K (4.97 miles), a pretty easy distance that I've already run a few times, so it ended up going pretty well ( Read more... )

It's beyond pathetic, but I'm pretty sure I've never run a mile straight through in my life. If I have, it would have had to be before 5th grade. I always hated running, and got exercise other ways - swimming, biking, racquetball.

Well that changed this morning... my goofy running plan called for not one, but two miles to be run without stopping ( Read more... )