On January 18th, 2009 I ran the Chevron Houston Marathon – my first full marathon – and finished in 4 hours, 54 minutes and 42 seconds. The Event The full and half marathon events began at the same time with groups separated into two waves. The second wave, which I was in, began 10 minutes …
Today I took my road bike on a trip from the Chisos Basin down to the Rio Grande Village in Big Bend National Park. This is a 30 mile one-way route that is almost entirely downhill. The Chisos Basin visitor center is at 5,400 feet elevation and the Rio Grande Village visitor center is at …
I am, quite simply put, addicted to shiny new cars. It has been almost two whole years since I’ve purchased a new vehicle and the itch has returned, and when it does it’s all consuming until it has been scratched. I will now be obsessing over cars until either I buy another one, or something …
This weekend is one of our pilgramilage trips back to Albuquerque. We try and make it back at least once a year to visit Lori’s parents and to partake in local flavors. I always try and work in some outdoor fun while I’m here too. On the east side of town are the Sandia Mountains …
The strange things you see out in the world every day… take, for instance, this duck plush toy. Someone loved this thing intensely, and then just left it to rot in the middle of a parking lot. Or perhaps, did it escape from home during Hurricane Ike? We’ll never know.