Author Archive: admin

I spent a lot of this last fall and winter training for long distance races.  It took time, energy, patience, and scheduling.  I’ve found that I’m not really cut out for any of those things.  Left to my own devices I will…
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This weekend ended up being full of adventure. Chrysa got home at her regular time on Friday and I had dinner waiting for her. After we ate, we decided to go out and grab a drink. We ended up at…
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After a couple days of rain and cool weather, Chrysa and I finally caught a break and found some time to run together.  We decided to jump right in and do a running tour of the Purdue campus. We were both really struck…
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Chrysa is a great pusher. When I want to blow off training in favor of a short easy run she’s there to say…”hey today is an 18 mile day”. I don’t think I would had gotten through the Rock and…
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I am happy to say that I am writing this post from Indiana. It wasn’t an easy road to get here. I had to say a lot of goodbyes and had to do a lot of work. There is nothing…
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The Laundromat June 1st 2014 I finally found the Laundromat! I know… the simple joys of learning a new area. I could have used the washer and dryer downstairs but I only had $1.25 in quarters and that wasn’t going…
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The West Lafayette Public Library May 31st 2014 Just to start off, I never made it to that library. So today my plan was to go to the library and use their Wi-Fi to pay my bills. Then I was…
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Chrysa got a phone interview a couple weekends ago for a potential assignment.  We were in the Jeep on the way to Black Mountain NC to participate in the Black Mountain Monster (more on that in a following post).  I…
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I’m originally from Buffalo NY.  For a good portion of the year the weather is cold and snowy.  Because you are indoors a lot bowling is a popular activity.  I think I’ve been bowling since I was in about fifth…
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She may not know this but I always loved to go to the farmers market with my mother.  I’m glad to say that I continue to love the farmers market as an adult.  Raleigh has a great market and in…
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