I donated a unit of whole blood today, which I try and do as often as I am able. It used to never bother me, but the combination of being smaller and older appear to be taking its toll. After today’s donation I have been pretty loopy for the rest of the day. Way loopy, …
Lori and I joined the iPhone cult this weekend. We had ordered our phones from an AT&T store the week before, mostly because I simply can’t stand to wait in line. It only took 5 days for one, and 6 days for the second phone to show up, and there was no stress. And the …
Saturday finished up my 5th week of marathon training. We had a 6 mile run scheduled, which matches the longest run I’ve yet done. To make matters more interesting I moved forward a pace group to the ‘yellow’ group which runs at between a 9 to 10 minute pace. I finished in the middle of …
Sunday I took another stab at biking from the house to Brazos Bend state park. As before, I foolishly waited until it was too hot before I left and was amply punished for it. I left just after 10am and it was already over 90F. By the time I made it the 40 miles into …
Saturday I ran in my first organized 5K event. It was the Maribelle’s On the Bay 5K hosted by the folks at On The Run. The course was out from Maribelle’s pub in Seabrook to the middle of town and back. Unfortunately being along the water there was little to block the morning sun’s full …