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Pleasant Prairie 2007
This year's Pleasant Prairie was almost "the race that never was." The day before the race, the weather forecast was calling for an 80% chance of thunderstorms for the Pleasant Prairie/Kenosha area. I got an email from another friend who had entered asking if they...
Chicago Distance Classic
To run or not to run? That was the million dollar question. Though I'd stopped running almost completely, the shin wasn't really feeling so good. Just walking on it has been painful. I did lace up a new pair of shoes and go out for a short, 4 mile slow run mid-week,...
Ride to Red Rock
So after Steelhead, we had planned a quick getaway to Las Vegas. I've been to Las Vegas many times, but I've never really ventured off the strip very much. Over to the Hard Rock once, down to the Stratosphere once, but I've really spent most of my time up and down the...
Steelhead Half Ironman Race Report
For the entire week before Steelhead, I tortured myself with thoughts about the race. With the bee sting, swimming was out. With the shin splints, running was out. It really sucks when you can't do 2 of the 3 events that made up this race. Each day, I'd wake up, throw...
Update on the Sting
Well, many days have passed and I've been meaning to get a few posts up, but things have been crazy. The bee sting (which I now believe to have been a wasp sting) got much worse before it got better. In fact, on Tuesday morning, 2 days after the sting, I woke up with...