2018 Running Goal - Update #11

Well, February was a bad, bad man, er month. If it wasn't freezing wind and piles of snow, it was wet slippery slush and mud all over my running loop. Oh, well, I gotta believe this is the worst month. It is out of the way. Now, going forward, all the rest of the months should have mostly good running weather (knock on wood). I failed to get my mileage goal this month, which again, I was going for 103 miles per month to get over 1,234 for the year. But I am proud of the way I finished the month out, because I couldn't even get my first run done until February 7th, and I still ended up with about 82 miles. By the end of the month, I had finished two seven milers and three 10Ks. And I'm on an eight day in a row running streak. Bring on March.

Current yearly stats:

Runs: 34
Distance: 185.64 miles
Total Time: 30h 29m 42s
Avg Distance Per Run: 5.46 miles
Total Calories: 25,311
Avg Speed: 6.1 mph
Avg Pace: 9:51 min/mile

Days Left in Year: 306
Miles Left in Year: 1048.36 miles (from 1,234)
Daily Average Needed: 3.43 miles

Bloated Goat - Humorous Middle Grade Fantasy Book

Bloated Goat is a cartoon that comes to life in your head. Get ready to enjoy a gut-busting adventure full of crazy forest animals and hijinks galore. You’ll meet Granny Hammy, Cocky Doodle, Bloated Goat, and a wide assortment of wacky characters as they romp around the forest in this ill-conceived (but humorous!) plot. Watch in horror as the author tries to tie everything together with an explosive ending that you'll probably see coming a mile away.

Give Bloated Goat a chance to make you blow milk out your nose.

2018 Running Goal - Update #10

Well, the month of February has not gone as planned. But I'm just trying to roll with it. I cannot control the icy and cold weather, so I am trying to be positive. I've only been able to run eight times so far this month. My goal per month is finishing 103 miles. I have 40.64 miles done with only nine more days counting today, so I won't get that goal. All that means is that I'll have to add on that extra mileage to other months, probably in summer when the weather is good and I have more time.

Current yearly stats:

Runs: 26
Distance: 143.92 miles
Total Time: 23h 52m 00s
Avg Distance Per Run: 5.54 miles
Total Calories: 19,574
Avg Speed: 6.0 mph
Avg Pace: 9:57 min/mile

Days Left in Year: 314
Miles Left in Year: 1090.08 miles (from 1,234)
Daily Average Needed: 3.47 miles

Sam Needs to Go - Available Now on Amazon Kindle

Without further ado (or is that adoodoo?), I present a mildly funny poem about a boy's bathroom troubles in Sam Needs to Go.

Great fun for anybody born with a non-working digestive system or finicky colon. You can get it on Amazon.

2018 Running Goal - Update #9

February has been a hard month. The first six days were not good for running. Too cold, too much snow, too much wind. So, I stayed indoors. Now, with the weather slightly better, it is crunch time. If I want to hit 103 miles for the month, I need to run at least five miles each remaining day.

Current yearly stats:

Runs: 22
Distance: 121.61 miles
Total Time: 20h 07m 16s
Avg Distance Per Run: 5.53 miles
Total Calories: 16,624
Avg Speed: 6.0 mph
Avg Pace: 9:57 min/mile

Days Left in Year: 324
Miles Left in Year: 1112.39 miles (from 1,234)
Daily Average Needed: 3.43 miles

SpaceX - Falcon Heavy

That was about the coolest thing I've seen. Just watched the SpaceX Falcon Heavy make history. That simultaneous rocket landing was so neat. This makes me hopeful for the future when we can put aside our petty differences and focus on humanity's place in the cosmos. We need to expand into space. We need to take this stepping stone and keep pushing our knowledge and science farther, because advances in space technology will help us on earth, too.