Aug
03
Jennie and I attended our first Grand Rapids Beer Run tonight. Don Kern, the race director for the Grand Rapids Marathon and all around kick ass dude, along with New Holland Brewing Company have been putting together a beer run once a month at local bars. We weren’t able to make it to either of …
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Jan
27
Over the weekend we had weather in the low 40’s which not only melted most of the snow left on the ground, but also let me break out shorts for my run on Sunday. It was actually pleasant enough out that Jennie and I were able to walk up to Big Bob’s Pizza in Gaslight …
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Jan
07
I arrived at the pool today at my normal time for my 11:30 swim. A few of the regulars and I jumped right in and began swimming. As I swam, I noticed a few wanders along the pool deck. Newbies. Resolutioners. Unsure of what the next step should be, they walked back and forth in …
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Oct
28
I had my best day of workouts since the marathon today. It really took a lot out of me though and now I am exhausted. It started out with a swim this morning. I did a speed workout from my book. It was a total of 2900 yards. The warm up alone was 800 yards. …
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Oct
12
I have officially passed 100 miles swimming this year. It only took me 63 hours and 26 minutes. Actually, I passed the 100 mile mark a couple days ago, but apparently the Buckeye Outdoors website doesn’t do conversion from yards to miles very well. According to them, 185,882 yards is equal to 99 miles. It …
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