Saturday morning I participated in the 9th annual Chattahoochee Challenge 10K. I’ve heard about this race for a while, as people talk about it as one of the best races to qualify for the Peachtree Road Race since it is nice and flat. The weather wasn’t perfect today as it was 40F with a windchill of probably close to 32F, but it didn’t rain during the race, so I consider ourselves lucky!

2009 has been quite a fun & busy year for me in the running/biking/swimming world. Ok, not really in the swimming world, but the other two for sure! For the first time in 8 years I started running again, and I rode/jumped like a maniac in my second season of cyclocross. It was a pretty [...]

Today, I bit the bullet and decided that I was going to ‘Go Big or Go Home’ I’ve now committed to going big and will try to do so in 2010!

Now that I’m back in shape to the point where running a 5K or 10K race is feasible, I’ve been trying to get out and run at least one road race a month. As part of that quest, I decided to join the Atlanta Track Club as they put on a number of races during the year which are free if you are a member. It just so happened that the first event I was able to do was their end of the year Grand Finale 5K.

Last weekend, I headed up to Buford, GA for what may be my favorite cross training activity – kayaking. This was my second time out on the river in a kayak, and I had a lot more confidence getting started this time.