On Rowing

10Jun09

Man, I am sore today! Since the weather was awful yesterday (Chicago, seriously…..can’t you do better than 50 degrees in June!), the gym was packed after work.  Rather than waiting in line for a treadmill or elliptical, I decided to finally try the one piece of equipment that never has a line…and that nobody ever [...]

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Tags: Concept2, recumbent biking, rowing

Half Marathon Done!

13Aug08

I’ve written about running a ton in the past (click on the “Running” category link on your right), but I finally did it….I ran a half marathon. My official time clocked in at 2 hours, 8 minutes, and 19 seconds.  Not a world record, city record, or course record by any means, but was still [...]

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Running Update

04Aug08

So last week, I wrote about my apparently inability to run 10 miles.  I’m happy to report an update… After moving into my new place on Thursday, and spending Friday and Saturday getting settled in, I went for a post-move stress-free run on Sunday morning, and actually completed the full 10 (10.01 in total) miles! [...]

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Stress, and how it affects my running

28Jul08

So, I’ve got a lot of things on my mind lately…..I’m moving in 3 days (i hate moving), I’m running a half marathon in a week, and this fall, I’m applying to business school.  Of the 3 items, obviously applying to business school is the biggest, most daunting task on my list.  But, having gone [...]

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