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Yesterday I completed the Columbus Marathon — my first 26.2 mile run. Even better I got to share the experience with my best friend, my wife Colleen, who was there with me for every step. It has been a long journey for us. Just over a 1 1/2 years ago, we decided to start running. …read more
I am all fired up. The reason — SummitUp 2010. Two weeks from today, the SummitUp conference will take place in Dayton, Ohio. If you have never been or heard of SummitUp, check it out. SummitUp is a day long conference dedicated to exploring social media, marketing, business, technology, and creativity. The event is scheduled to …read more
At just under a month until race day, I am now running longer distances than I ever knew possible. I am learning first hand that pounding your feet on the pavement for hours at a time causes one to experience considerable amounts of pain. Joints, muscles, bones — you name it and it’s probably a …read more
I am just over a month away from running my first marathon. My ability to finish the 26.2 miles is largely dependent on finding a pace that I can sustain for the long haul. If my pace is too fast, I will burn out; too slow and I will underperform. The challenge is to run …read more
Fear. Does it paralyze you or push you forward? For the last few months I have been preparing to run my first marathon. Two weeks ago, I had terrible training run. I was at mile 10 of 16, and I felt just plain bad. I was hot, tired, thirsty, and just plain spent. In my …read more
Take a moment and answer the following question: “What do you want to become?” What did you answer? Do you want to become smarter? Healthier? Happier? More financially stable? A better parent? A faster cyclist? A marathon runner? A more loyal friend? A more valuable employee? Whatever your answer, this is an important question to …read more
One of my goals for 2010 is to run 1,000 miles. Another is to complete my first marathon. Both — no surprise — are requiring me to run far and run often. When I chose these goals I assumed that the hardest part would be finding the strength to push ahead as the distance steadily …read more
Today I have learned a lesson about missed opportunity. You see for years I have been telling friends and family members that I wanted to write a coffee table book about the wonderful oddities located in the immediate vicinity of the Monroe, Ohio exit on I-75. I thought it would be fun to tell the …read more
This year I have been trying to pay a little more attention to my health. I now find myself exercising much more, trying to get a little more sleep, and paying more attention to the things that I eat and drink every day. As part of this effort to live better, I have been trying …read more
It recently occurred to me that through the course of my life I have devoted way too much time to socks. Yes, socks. No, I don’t have some weird sock fetish or a creepy sock collection, but rather I have spent countless minutes here and there sifting through laundry baskets, rummaging through drawers, and searching aimlessly …read more