The selection committee has spoken, which means its time for the Seventh Annual Uncle Crappy NCAA Final Four Challenge (Brought to you by Bocktown). Given that this our seventh year, there is a mess of you who already know the AUCNFFC drill; for those of you who don’t here’s how it works in handy bullet… Read More SVAUCNFFC (BTYBB) TIME.
After several days of angst, I finally got to go outside and run this morning. And I didn’t die. Neither did my right foot. I took my bum wheel out for what was intended to be a short (check) and easy (actually a little quicker than I had planned) run, in order to test the… Read More all better. probably.
In the five months since I’ve started running, I’ve been most surprised by one thing — I enjoy it enough that it bothers me when I can’t go. I’ve been through a couple little head colds since I started back in October, and took the necessary days off that I wasn’t going to risk making… Read More feet.
We all know the Yinzteam Polar Bear Plunge is tomorrow morning. For those of you who are joining us — swimming or support — here are the details: * The Crappys — including my parents — will in the Mon Wharf lot by 8:30. As we’ve done the past two years, we’re going to park… Read More swimming eve.
Yes, I’m going to do it again. Yes, we’ll be in the Mon Wharf parking lot, on the side closer to the Point, by 9 a.m. Sunday. Yes, I still think this is the best way possible to start the new year. No, it’s not going to be as warm as it was last Jan.… Read More swim (volume four).
A few minutes after 10 a.m. Saturday, I crossed the mat on North Shore Drive, set to run for 3.1 miles. Thirty-six minutes and fifty-two seconds later, I was done. Tired. And awfully happy. I was really concerned about my pace at first — I was pretty keyed up and didn’t want to start too… Read More done (with some help).
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