Personal
Little tidbits from my extremely cool personal life.
I did my first really long run in a while today. "Long" is a relative term, but today's run was around 14 miles. I felt really good almost the whole time. I didn't run very fast after Thursday's "tempo run", which was intense, probably 7.5 minute miles on average. I was still a little sore from the training last week. I'm really just getting back into the running "stride". The Thursday tempo run is basically a 4 mile "race" with all of the guys/gals in the group. It was my first tempo run. I run with Gilbert's Gazelles...
Uncle Norman is a fixture of our family and will be sorely missed. He is a prime example of what the "Greatest Generation" was all about.
The Lord called our beloved “Papa” home on Monday, January 7, 2008. Papa entered this world on September 10, 1916 weighing less than two pounds. His Mom always said she could put her wedding ring over his hand, he was so small. The only form of heat in the house was the fireplace, and his Mom said she put him in a shoe box by the fire to keep him warm. A child of the depression, he...