Jon | January 31, 2011
Yet ANOTHER damn snowstorm is going pummel upstate NY. I must tell you, I HATE HATE HATE winter. So very sick of it. So sick of living in the second most taxed state in the country, with useless state government, zero industry, and crappy weather. In anticipation of the snow -pocalypse tomorrow, I made sure [...]
Jon | January 30, 2011
I had a haircut appointment in Saratoga this morning, and then headed out from there for my 8 mile run. Normally I run the two loops at the park, but the big loop was not plowed, and the small paths were very bumpy and hard to even walk on. So, I started out on the [...]
Jon | January 29, 2011
I ran 5 miles this morning. I really didn’t want to. Well, I wanted to at 7:30 am when I got up, but then I had to check email. Then I had to check Farcebook. Then it was 9:30 and I had to go run or I’d miss my chance. So I ran, and I [...]
Jon | January 26, 2011
The first time in about 6 months its actually above freezing. And coincidentally, I have a run on my schedule, so I went and ran and actually did not die. My was was somewhere near 8:20. Yea, me. I went camping last weekend and froze my butt off. I had planned to run when I [...]
Jon | January 17, 2011
I ran my three miles tonight, and it was 3 °F outside. My mustache was frozen before I got to the end of the street. But I did run. In other strange news, a man at church noticed my leather jacket and asked if it was a bomber jacket. I said no, it was from [...]
Jon | January 16, 2011
I actually have been running. Not a terribly huge amount, but more than I have in the past month. I ran thursday (3), staturday (5), and sunday (3). I’m trying get my mileage up for marathon training, which officially starts on the 24th. Did I mention I signed up for the Vermont City Marathon? I [...]
Jon | January 5, 2011
I needed to borrow my parents’ van to take some gear to scout meeting. Unfortunately, the van was in for repair. However, the shop said we could pick it up at night (after closing) and just bring it back the same night, since the work hadn’t started yet. While driving to the shop, my car [...]
Jon | January 3, 2011
I bought a new Forerunner just before the marathon last fall, because my old Garmin 201 was dieing (sp?). Every run I have ever done (with only a couple exceptions) was on that old 201, since 2004 when I started running. What I wanted was to have all my run data in one place. I [...]
Jon | January 2, 2011
It was only a few short months ago that I ran a marathon. Not a very pretty one, but I ran it. Yesterday, I ran three miles at my marathon pace, and almost died. Today it hurts to walk and sit down. What the heck? I’ve put on so much weight and lost so much [...]
Jon | January 1, 2011
First post of the year. I was hoping for something spectacular to say but haven’t got anything. I replaced the faucet and drain in the downstairs bathroom. I had to make only one trip to the hardware store. Whenever you do plumbing, the broken part is always connected to something else that is about to [...]