Category Archives: Personal

I’m a half-marathoner! 2

Last Saturday I ran 13 consecutive miles. On purpose. I wasn’t sure I was going to be able to do it. After my 12 mile half-naked run my right knee was shot. After a week of rest I could barely make it three miles – the pain was terrible. Two days before the race I [...]

The importance of window coverings 3

As new homeowners of a new home, finding window coverings is of utmost importance. I mention this only because we don’t have any at the moment and I think our neighbors have probably already seen us naked. This is awkward as it usually takes several weeks of knowing someone before we don’t care if they [...]

Homeowners 3

It’s officially official. We own a home. It’s not the one pictured above. Hahahahahah! No, no. That one only had the one pool. We closed on Friday, moved in on Saturday (thank you in-laws!), came home to a power outage Sunday and are getting settled today. It’s getting late and this homeowner is tired so [...]

Half marathon training update 04 – running in the dark 3

Saturday night I ran my longest distance to date: 12 miles. Being somewhat of a masochist I decided to run up Little Cottonwood Canyon. Stupid, David. Stupid, stupid, stupid. By the time I made it to the top of the Temple Quarry Trail I was pretty spent – 7.5 miles into my run. By this [...]

Half marathon training update 03 – New shoes 0

Got me some new shoes from Salt Lake Running Company. This is a big deal for me because my feet are two different sizes: 10 and 12, respectively. That makes it difficult to find a place that will break up two pairs to give me the proper size for each foot, so major props to [...]