What’s in a name? With Snarky’s MOO BAWK OINK there’s both confusion and clarity. When I tell people about Snarky’s, I invariably get a puzzled look and need to repeat myself. On the one hand this is good. It means I got their attention. On the other hand, it isn’t initially clear that I’m speaking English. And on the other hand, it says exactly what they make. Confused? Read on to learn all about some outstanding sandwiches.
Now that I have my public goal of running 2012 miles in 2012, I decided to keep it public by putting it up on my whiteboard at work. Every day I’m updating it with my most recent mileage for that month, plus listing how much is remaining.
After January it looks like it will end up being a pretty easy soft sandbagging attainable goal, but I’ll leave it as it is. Continue reading
It’s that time of year again. No, not when I decide to switch to triathlons. The Capitol 10K is coming up on March 25th (right before the Texas Independence Relay). That means my company (National Instruments) needs to field it’s elite team of runners to defend its title. We’re going on 7 years in a row winning the Corporate Challenge. So the call for tryouts has been sent out and I have answered that call. This year it sounds like the competition will be fiercer. Early estimates show there could be as many as ten people vying for five spots.
Texas is a big place. Bigger than most (damn you, Alaska). So why not have a big race run from one major city to another? The Texas Independence Relay is a 203 mile journey from Bastrop (right outside of Austin) to Houston.
It’s setup to have teams of 8 – 12 runners make their way east, completing each of the 40 relay legs. Why am I telling you all of this? Because I just registered myself onto a team!
Well January is behind us and I thought it’d be a good time to revisit how I’m doing on one of my running goals–namely, run 2012 miles in 2012. Over twelve months (which is exactly how many months are in 2012) it comes out to 168 miles per month. So far we’re looking good with January coming in at 189 miles.
Now that the 3M Half Marathon is behind me, I’m going to be getting into some serious mileage in training for Vermont. Between now and May I’ll have no shortage of miles. In fact, if all goes to plan, I’ll be closer to 250 miles per month for the next four months. That’ll set me up nicely to take the rest of the year a
bit easier. Of course this is all on the premise that I achieve my other goal, which is to qualify for Boston. Dare I say, if I don’t hit my goal, we’ll be ramping up big time for an early Fall race to give it another shot.
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p>So as of now, all systems are a-go and goals are on track. Stay tuned for some news on the race calendar front!
Ah, the sweet, sweet feeling of victory (relatively
speaking). Sunday’s 3M Half Marathon in Austin showcased some ideal weather (and ideal elevation) to set new personal records. It was this race last year where I set my current PR. For me I had the dual goal of beating Colin’s PR, which would inherently set my own new PR. The goal? 1:27:30. The result? Read on.
Well it’s the first race of the year, so I think it’s only appropriate to do exactly what I’ve been doing for the last three years: set sandbagging goals and act surprised when I crush them. You know what? No. Let’s start things off right in 2012. I ran 3M last year and in my preview I humbly hoped to set a new PR of 1:35. Instead I finished just a shade under 1:30 and had to come up with some explanation to all my readers. Not this time.
I’m setting a very aggressive goal for this race. One that I have no real reason to think I can hit. But that’s how it should be, right? My goal is 1:27:30. That gives me a solid 8 second buffer to beat Colin’s PR from a few months ago. What that also gives me is a blistering 6:40 minute per mile pace to follow. If the weather forecast holds, we’ll be in good shape*: high 62, low 44.
I have a small army of amazing friends and family who are going to be out there cheering me on along the course. Don’t worry, I’ve warned them that I won’t be looking too good. I’ll let them know to just pretend I’m a rockstar and let me go on my way.
*and by “good shape” I mean 1 less excuse to lean on.
Authentic Detroit-style pizza. Yes, it’s a thing. I was recently introduced to it by way of via a new food trailer on East 6th called Via 313. It’s a black trailer parked in front of the Violet Crown Social Club and across the street from quite a few other food trucks. It’s run by two brothers (Brandon & Zane) out of Detroit who couldn’t find good pizza in Austin. Well they know how to make some mean “Detroit-style pizza”, or as they know it, “pizza”.
I am a Vermonster, or at least that’s the goal. Because I just signed up for the KeyBank Vermont City Marathon! Colin and I will be taking on
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the streets of Burlington on Memorial Day to make history. The plan is for both of us to qualify for the Boston Marathon–something the world has never seen before! That makes our goal a very real, very challenging 3:04:59. A brief recap shows that Colin
needs to cut 27 seconds off his best time. I have a slightly more daunting 11 minutes 30 seconds off my personal best.
So with that, I leave you with just one question:
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p>Time will tell.
“Coolhaus” is commonly my answer to “what’s your favorite food truck?” Why? For starters because I love ice cream, I love cookies, and I love things made my way. But I’ve written about my Coolhaus escapades many times over. This isn’t just another gushing about a good perfect ice cream sandwich. No. This is a whole new level of praise. You see, when it comes to being awesome, Coolhaus has the secret formula. So what makes Coolhaus so great? Let me tell you a story.
