It’s done.  3:45:55, solidly demolishing my goal of beating 4 hours. There was lots of nervousness in the lead-up — the weather forecast consistently said rain and low 40s at the start.  I really had no idea how to dress for that. Instead, I woke up Sunday to 50 and clearing.  Oh, and 25 to 40 […]

Last week’s 20 mile run was atrocious.  It wasn’t hot out by any means — maybe 70-ish — but the humidity was about 90%, so it felt 10 or 20 degrees hotter.  And I’m not built for hot.  I was dripping by the end of mile one, and despite drinking four pounds of Gatorade, I lost three […]

After a minor setback with a nasty but brief cold last weekend, this week marked a new high spot for the training program.  No, not in miles (though that will come with tomorrow’s 20-miler) — it was the first time this year for outdoor running in just shorts and a singlet.  A business trip took […]

We’re getting into the big miles now. A couple weeks ago, I set yet another treadmill record — 15 miles. That’s a long run made longer by doing it on the treadmill. But it was snowing that day and the roads were icy, so it was the way to go. Then the weather finally started […]

A new record for the treadmill — 11 miles.  It wasn’t as boring as I’d feared it would be, which makes me feel a lot better about the even longer workouts to come.

Well, yes on the righteous part; and maybe a little bit on the ripped part. But honestly, I don’t work out so I can think I’m better than other people, and I’m guessing Jack LaLanne didn’t either.  So I think this article is a big fat bunch of hooey.  I’ve had enough experience with letting […]

This weekend I signed up for the Cellcom Green Bay Marathon, happening on May 15.  I’ve been on an official training program for two weeks now, and today I broke a new personal record for length of a run on the treadmill.  (Nine miles.)  I’ll be blasting through a few more of those before the […]

Carbon fiber bicycle rims have been around for a while now — but they’ve always been a challenge for braking, since they don’t offer the same “grab” from standard rubber brake pads as the old aluminum alloy rims do. So these cats at a company called Zircotec came up with a sprayed-on ceramic coating that […]

Thanks to my sister-in-law Theresa, I have a few pictures to share from my big day. The first is at the starting line with my niece and nephew, Lauren and Nate, who ran a two-man relay.  The last is once again with those two after we’d all finished, joined by Bug and The Reverend Doctor Vinoski Sweetness.

Turns out I placed 69th overall, 63rd among all men, and 10th in the 45-49 age group.  Works for me. Here’s the music that featured in the “iPod in my head” while I ran: As an interesting aside, for all the age groups younger than mine other than the youngest, my time would’ve had me […]