Author Archives: LL1701
The Fun Never Ends
The weeks in 2014 so far have been fraught with one stressful event after another. Just when I thought things settled down, and the craziness of illnesses/school functions/etc. gave me a breather, I end up hitting a pothole on the … Continue reading
Testing out the new soles
The weather has been all over the place lately… last week, the same day I finally took the plunge and got inserts, I was pretty much limited to a 1 mile walk through a local mall, followed up by a … Continue reading
Got (In)Sole?
I’ve written about my knee issues a few times, as well as a probably during the 2 half marathons where the ball of my right foot started hurting a little over halfway through. After looking up a bunch of information … Continue reading
One Week – DOMS
Here I am one week out from half marathon #2… thankfully, the soreness went away by Thursday… it wasn’t quite as bad as the first round back in November, and I’m back to walking normally. A few more days of … Continue reading
PHM is #100
Surprising email I received today informing me that yesterday’s half marathon was my 100th Workout with MapMyRun! Sorta shocking and inspiring at the same time. Also a reminder that I probably should have done more than 100 workouts in the … Continue reading
The Prince of Nuts (or Nutty Prince) Made It!
2014 Princess Half Marathon is in the books! I finished! After a 3am wakeup call from Olaf (the “Frozen” snowman), I made it on the bus to join about 25,000 other runners, (only 1,500 guys). The race had a muggy … Continue reading
Find the Frog!
Are you ready for runDisney’s 2014 Princess Half Marathon? 29 hours from now, I’ll be joining the approximately 25,000 princesses for 13.1 miles from Epcot to the Magic Kingdom and back. If that wasn’t enough, I’m doing a little contest… … Continue reading
Getting ready for Sunday
3 more days to go until half marathon #2 of my roughly one year of running. This time, it’s off to Orlando, FL and back to Disney World for the 2014 Princess Half Marathon! Unfortunately, I have to visit Sarasota … Continue reading
Happy Valentine’s Day!
Figured I’d start out the post with a nice Valentine greeting. One more week and I’ll be heading down to visit the mouse and run half marathon #1 of the year. Hopefully the weather will be nice, compared to the … Continue reading
Train Travel for Business
Just got back from a short 2-day trip up to Boston for business. Visiting a technology vendor for an “executive” briefing… basically, a chance for me to challenge their technical folks and get answers to help craft the technology strategy … Continue reading