Entries from February 2009

February 11, 2009

First lessons

Today was my first day of giving lessons. It was supposed to be an easy day. My cooperating teacher asked me to jump right in giving 3 lessons (2 preps) to get my feet wet on my 3rd day at my 6-week practicum. Wednesday was scheduled to be a review day since the 3 classes [...]

February 8, 2009

Pier Park 6-hour race report

Oh man. What was I thinking? A couple of months ago I saw that there was going to be a 6-hour run not too far from my house. The run was to consist of a 1-mile loop. Runners run as many loops as they can in a 6-hour span. I’ve never done one of these [...]

February 2, 2009

Me at Diamond Valley Lake Marathon

One of many Maniacs at the race

Originally uploaded by jakerome.

jakerome was out there taking pictures of runners. Here’s his shot of me.

February 2, 2009

Surf City Marathon

I think I have a new favorite marathon: Surf City Marathon in Huntington Beach, California. Sure, it may be my new favorite because I barely beat my previous PR there today. But there are a few other things about this marathon that makes it my new favorite.
From reading the Runners World forums, I found out [...]