Went into this race [again] planning to take it easy, and I think I did a better job than the past two. It was a hot 4th of July this year, and the canal, as always, was humid as hell and a little bit muddy. Nothing to really note on the race itself. It’s a
Coded in a secret word validation. Apparently I know PHP better than I thought! If the spammers ever figure it out, it’ll take me ~1 minute to change to another. Yay! Happy commenting!
Have a new spammer in the house. I’ll think of something in the next few days.
The running joke used to be that I only rode my mountain bike once a year and that was in a race. Sadly, it was always pretty close to the truth. Once out of college, my mountain biking went from a hobby to… well, just another bike to move with me as I changed homes.
With a big mountain bike race coming this weekend, my plan for this race was to give just enough effort to place well for the summertime racing series. I had a gameplan, but as soon as the gun went off, it went out the window… As my completely soaked shorts and shoes can attest, it
Went on down to Bluemont Park after work last night (1.5mi bike ride… can’t ask for a better location) to run in this little club race. This exact race last year marked my “return” to running. I still haven’t quite returned, averaging only 7.5 miles per week this year, but it is what it is.