Too Dirty to Run?

I just hopped out the shower and am about to head out on a run. Now, I wouldn’t normally share my daily (most of the time) adventures in hygeine. However, this shower was noteworthy in that it happened BEFORE my run! How could I possibly so dirty that I felt it necessary to bath before [...]

Gaps in Time

Lots to catch up on in the near future, such as why I didn’t finish the Bull Run Run 50 miler, my current training, changes in race plans, and the new home. For now all you’ll get is that: (1) The Friday before Bull Run I decided that I wouldn’t go the full way because [...]

Change in Race Plans (that's one way to put it)

The other way to put it is – I’m buying a house. I put in an offer on a single family home two doors down from where I live in the Ballston neighborhood in Arlington, Virginia. The house is a real fixer upper, but the local and price can’t be beat. I close on the [...]

Rumblings

While I’ve gone through some dry spells in posting, I think I’ve been pretty consistent for a while now. I’ve also been pretty good about sticking to running. However, in the near future, I may fail a bit on both fronts. I have no news yet to report, but check back in the next few [...]

Head Banging

Sometimes I’m awfully dumb. I might as well be banging my head against the wall for all I learn from some of my mistakes. You see, I’ve had uncomfortably congested lungs since Wednesday and while I did take a day and half off from work, I didn’t take anything that would help the problem. I [...]