10km
Ran my fastest 10km race ever today. Of course, it’s only my second. Funny that I would run two marathons before running two 10k races. Anyway, just barely missed my goal of 7 minute miles, but that’s ok, I was within seconds. Next time.
Ran my fastest 10km race ever today. Of course, it’s only my second. Funny that I would run two marathons before running two 10k races. Anyway, just barely missed my goal of 7 minute miles, but that’s ok, I was within seconds. Next time.
As a marathon runner, I need/get to consume a lot of calories, especially in the form of carbs. Much of that occurs at home, but one can only cook so much pasta. So sometimes–maybe too often–we go out for dinner.
Unfortunately, we haven’t found any locally-owned restaurants that meet my special requirements: lots of carbs for [...]
Unlike, say, MTV, HGTV has done an excellent job of staying true to its roots. Turn it on at any point during the day and you’ll almost certainly find a show about either homes or gardens. Good luck finding something about music on MTV, let alone music videos.
Sadly, there’s a lot on HGTV that is [...]
I’m reading The Wisdom of Crowds and Soccer in a Football World and thoroughly enjoying both.
Wisdom is the first book of any length that I’m reading entirely in electronic format, and so far I’ve found the experience to be unremarkable. In a good way. Once I’ve settled in the medium fades away and I’m totally immersed, as I [...]
I feared NBC’s Parks and Recreation would be little more than a thinly veiled rehash of The Office. Turns out my fears were unfounded: the show’s creators decided to forgo the veil entirely. The Office has its moments–enough of them that I continue to watch–but not so many that I need to see them reproduced [...]
My fuel of choice while out on a run is an oatmeal raisin walnut Clif Bar. I love a banana before heading out, but carrying one with me for 10-15 miles is not my idea of a good time, although it may serve to amuse others: “Is that a banana in your pocket, or…”
Given my [...]
Recently I passed around a draft of a 50 page chapter, a chapter that honestly isn’t quite done yet but is already my longest.
The other day I ran 38 miles for the first time. I was aiming for 40, so I guess that run wasn’t quite done yet, either. Cutting it short was the right [...]
Thanks to the Amazon Kindle app for my iPhone I’ve been reading a bunch of sample chapters. Books I’m considering reading in full:
The Wisdom of Crowds by James Surowiecki
The Long Tail by Chris Anderson
iCon Steve Jobs by Jeffrey S. Young and William L. Simon
The Tipping Point by Malcolm Gladwell
How Soccer Explains the World by Franklin Foer
Soccer in a Football World by [...]
Today was a day of firsts. To start out, this morning I successfully attempted my first thirty mile run. The weather was great, I kept a decent pace, and I finished strong.
Then, at lunch we tried the new dessert at Olive Garden, some sort of Italian donuts with chocolate sauce for dipping (which I avoided.) [...]
I am suffering from some writer’s block that is seriously interfering with my dissertation progress. On a positive note, however, it looks like I’ll be presenting at THE conference in my field this autumn. And most of that paper is written already.