Part I is here. In more than 400 training miles and 550+ miles on the year, not once had I experienced any need to hit the can, so to speak. That all changed around Mile 4. Seriously? Today? Now? More than 550 miles since January and nothing. Then again, not once during all those miles…
I’m still not sure how it happened, but back in early February I started toying with the idea of trying to run the Missoula Half Marathon. I tossed the idea around in my head for more than a week before telling anyone about it. Even then it was with a very cautious, tepid, “what if”…
For the same reason I didn’t buy great running shoes until I knew I was going to stick with it, I was reluctant to call myself a runner until I’d trained for and run my first race – and decided to keep running afterward. Well, that happened this past Sunday when I completed the Missoula…
The 2010 Missoula Marathon and Half Marathon is in the books and I had an even better time than I expected. I’ll post a full race report soon, but I’m betting both my fans are anxiously waiting to hear which beer I picked for my celebration brew. As you will no doubt remember, the list…
Pneumonia sucks. Precisely one day after posting this entry extolling how wonderful my half marathon training was going I was handed a serious change to my training plan. I headed out for my regular Wednesday evening training run with the Run Wild Missoula group thinking I would run through the return of a head cold…
I am not new to craft beer. I’ve spent the last 15 years or so trying far more styles, varieties, interpretations, classics, experiments and breweries than I can remember. Though I have my favorite styles, I’ve never let that confine my exploration. I’ve brewed homebrew following the advice of legend Charlie Papazian and his reassuring…