mattw

Way to hang on for second place overall! Shameful doing the bandit thing though. You were using precious satellite signals reserved for real virtual racers! Nice report, but no pics? You're slacking (but not as much as me as I haven't posted in forever).

Ditto on the extra pounds here too. I had slightly above good levels cholesterol years ago. And low Vitamin D levels. With some Googling I found that Vitamin D from the sun can help break down cholesterol. Not sure if that's medically correct or not, but is on the internet. My higher level was after a cloudy, short days winter, so I just made sure to get in the sun more. No idea if it worked (or is working) as I haven't been tested again. Happy running!

Having the TV series to watch on demand is the way to do it. I'd probably put in a movie sometimes too. Well, start it and finish it over the course of a few runs. 2 hours on the mill? No thanks. Funny how Mrs. Dave hasn't used it. By "I want one, I mean 'you' want one." Here in NC it is rare to not be able to run outside. My wife and I have debated it and we had one about 15 years ago, but gave it to a cousin when we moved to NC as we wouldn't have room for it anyway. I am working on a garage gym, but mainly for some weight lifting and such. Most importantly I was able to score an older,

Congrats! Not easy to keep going when there's not an actual event, but you kept it going!

Cool idea and awesome the family and neighbors joined. But you could have just done 58 minutes. Probably a bit less epic though.

Good year of training and high mileage! We just rearranged our living room and hung the TV (previously on a stand). Only took my son and I 3 tries to get it right.

Still raining. Started at 4:30 am, and I wasn't able to go back to sleep. It is in the low 30s, but not below freezing, so just the cold rain. I wimped out on biking to work. I can still claim I'm getting over the stomach flu that hit me Monday night and knocked me out for two days. Drove to work yesterday too as I really didn't have enough strength to ride. Just as well as I had to pick up my race packet for tomorrow's half marathon. I am one of the two-hour pace group leaders. Running buddy Tim is the other. We, along with another buddy who has since moved away, were, and kind of still

The holidays are good time for rest and a break from regularly scheduled runs. At least that's what I'm telling myself.

Sounds like you got a good number of adventures in this year too! I hope the winter isn't too harsh.

Bummer. Good that you got the right fit. But as these things go, you know next year's model will be all wrong.

If the kids ever run more than 3 miles at a time and build some endurance they may be smoking me.

Donuts were the main motivation to finish early and get to the front of the line.

Sweet that you could pull off that kind of speed! And with a questionable stomach too.

Hmm, maybe I'll get one for the half marathon pacing gig.

My last bloop was a collection of what I saw while spectating the marathon spectators. I had a pretty good view as I ran the 26.2 miles through and around downtown Charlotte. Training was half-hearted. I didn't put in sufficient weekly miles nor was I consistent at speed work. With everything else going on in life, I was somewhat apathetic about it too. I combined that with a cold 3 days before and a fairly consistent 15 - 20mph wind on race day. To ensure a painful day, I started with the 3:15 pace group who started running 7:10 - 7:15 minutes per mile instead of the 7:25 required for th