A few weeks ago I was on my usual Wednesday night Beer & Bikes ride, and as usual I had my rear tail light flashing on the way down. Even though it was daylight, I find it’s a good practice to be illuminated as much as possible when traveling on busy city streets. When we […]
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It’s time once again for my annual year in review (and my final entry in my Create-a-thon 2015!). Even before I was blogging everyday I still put up post at the end of the year to talk about what happened that year and what I’m looking forward to in the new year. If I were […]
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2015 was a huge year for me when it came to running. After having a pretty good year last year, achieving my second full marathon, I set my sights even higher for the new year. Very early in the year I decided that I wanted to start to transition from road racing to trails. I […]
Read moreThis week marks the end of my goal to create something every single day of 2015. Although I’ve been late a couple of times throughout the year, I have managed to create a blog entry of some fashion for every single day. I knew I was a bit worried when I started that I would […]
Read moreOne of the things that readers of this blog know is that I really like beer. I’m often at new breweries trying new beers, or picking up local beers when I’m out of town. I really like beer. Since 2008 I’ve also been a homebrewer. A good friend of mine got me into the hobby […]
Read moreYesterday my wife and I had the unique opportunity to have a running analysis done by Joe Uhan from iRunFar.com. He was in town and was at one of the local running stores doing free analyses for a couple of hours. A friend of ours joined us and all three of us had Joe take […]
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Last night Minnesota decided to turn back to winter and we got 3-4 inches of light fluffy powder. Since today is Saturday and I needed to run, my only choice was to strap on the screw shoes and hit the trail. The temps were beautiful this morning, around 28-30 degrees (F), which made for amazing […]
Read moreInspired by all the people who create GPS art (running in a pattern to make a picture with your path) with their runs, I decided to make a fun little piece today on my run. It took me a while yesterday to find an appropriate place for this, but it ended up working out really […]
Read moreThe end of the year is quickly approaching, and it also appears that my trusty 2011 iMac is also approaching a tipping point. Recently it has developed occasional screen artifacts, and my Google-fu is pointing towards a dying video card. Soon I’ll be at a crossroads where I need to determine if I want to […]
Read moreAs many have noticed, here in Minnesota we’re having a rather warm winter. This means that along with temps in the upper 30’s, we’ve been getting mostly rain for precipitation. While that’s been nice for getting out and running, and not getting stuck in bad weather traffic, it doesn’t make it look much like Christmas […]
Read moreHoly crap did the treat wagon explode this year. I can’t believe how much food is flowing around my office. Combine that with the treats at home and wow it’s going to be hard to not gain 20 lbs. this Christmas. My main goal this holiday season is to just maintain my weight. Last year […]
Read moreAs I may have mentioned I’m considering a 50 mile attempt at Zumbro this year. Zumbro has a very generous cut-off, and I’ve run on the course a couple of times now. I haven’t pulled the trigger yet on signing up, but that’s more because I’m waiting until after all the Christmas spending is done. […]
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