Today was a day to celebrate the community of trail runners called the Upper Midwest Trail Runners (UMTR). This is a trail running club that operating mostly in Minnesota and Wisconsin, but also has a presence throughout the midwest. One of the big things that they do each year is three different trail run series […]
Read moreThis week started rough, with some really hard days at work. Trying to change course of a large moving ship can be discouraging sometimes, and when the Veterans Day holiday came in the middle of the week it was a welcome respite. Thankfully, the rest of the week had some high points with some new […]
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Last night I got the opportunity to try the latest brewery in Minneapolis, Able Seedhouse. This brewery is unique in that it is a farm-to-table brewery. They source grains from regional farms and then malt their own grain to make their batches. Currently they have four beers on tap, so I went ahead and ordered […]
Read moreToday was inking day. I decided I wanted to get a tattoo to commemorate my first ultramarathon, and after a couple weeks of working with my tattoo artist we came up with a design that I really love. So today I went into the shop for a couple hours and got it applied. My artist […]
Read moreT-Mobile just announced their new Binge On initiative that is similar to their Music Freedom initiative, in that is allows you to stream video from popular video services without impacting your data limit. Even though the Music Freedom service lacks a couple of key services, I’ve been really enjoying the freedom to listen to whatever […]
Read moreOK people, let’s take a step back and look at the stupidity that is the Starbucks Christmas cup controversy. If you haven’t heard, there is a vocal sub-section of people who are infuriated that, because Starbucks didn’t cover their coffee cups in cute little drawings of holiday themed art, that it means that they’ve deiced […]
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Today, as we were running errands in the morning, my wife suggested I trim back the lilac bushes that server as a border between the neighbor’s property and ours. I have done this a couple times in the past, and so I knew how big a job it was, and I’m sure as I started […]
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At Elm Creek Park there is a 7 mile horse trail that is a common place to find me running. It snakes around various parts of the park and up and down some decent hills. The first times I ever ran on this trail it was winter time and my memories are of scenes from […]
Read moreI haven’t been a big Blizzard game played in a while. I still occasionally pull out Hearthstone, and I stopped into WoW the other week. Other than that, I haven’t really had the time or energy to commit to some of these bigger games. This weekend is Blizzcon and this afternoon I tuned into some […]
Read moreLast night for our Beer and Bike trip we ended up at a tap room that had trivia going on. None of us planned to stick around for it fully, but we ended up having so much fun that we took 2nd place for the night. We had a lively group, and many of us […]
Read moreTonight was a beer and bike night, but with the ending of daylight savings time, it’s now dark for both the ride TO the brewery and the ride back. For the most part this isn’t a problem, but it’s not quite as nice as when it’s daylight all night. Tonight’s creation is an instagram of […]
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We’ve gotten a warm streak in Minnesota this week with temps close to 70. I had to get to work on time today so I couldn’t run this morning. I decided I would take my new shoes out for a spin as soon as I got home, and since it was an election day I […]
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