Author Archives: Matt

PR, PR

By Matt | Published: August 24, 2008
I set two giant personal records last week, one for racing and one for training. First, in the Chicago Distance Classic half-marathon, I finally managed to get under the 1:40 hurdle and posted a respectable 1:37:22. While I was generally pleased with the result (a new PR by 3 minutes), to be honest the time [...]
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Insane Running

By Matt | Published: June 12, 2008
After a two month hiatus in January/February, I’m back running … with a vengeance. Though not in peak shape, I had a decent race at the Indianapolis Mini Marathon in early May, finishing in the top 10% overall. Three weeks later, I finally got to run the Soldier Field 10, which finishes on the 50-yard [...]
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New Toys – Part 2

By Matt | Published: March 5, 2008
The second addition to my mobile computing arsenal is the LG Voyager (a/k/a VX10000) mobile phone from Verizon. In addition to serving as my main phone, this baby has a list of features longer than a Chicago winter: touchscreen, dual displays, full qwerty keyboard, mp3 player, camera and video recorder, email, and a full html/css/dhtml [...]
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We Are the Champions

By Matt | Published: December 25, 2007
Its a Christmas miracle! I won the first place crown, bragging rights, and a few hundred bucks in one of my fantasy football leagues today. Thanks go out to my all-star lineup: Ladainian Tomlinson, Tony Romo (6th round pick), Reggie Wayne and Derrick Mason (12th round pick). Honorable mention to my walking-wounded RB committee of [...]
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New Toys – Part 1

By Matt | Published: December 4, 2007
I haven’t bought any shiny new toys in a while, but I recently made two nice upgrades to my electronics roster. The first purchase was my Dell Inspiron 1420 laptop. I can’t really say that I needed a laptop computer, considering that I don’t travel nearly as much as in the past. But there have [...]
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2000 Miles

By Matt | Published: November 1, 2007
Yesterday I accomplished another one of my 2007 running goals: I have now run over 2000 miles for the year. To put that in some perspective, from Chicago, two thousand miles is father than the straight-line distance to Miami. Farther than Los Angeles or San Francisco. Farther than Seattle. Farther than Mexico City. Farther than [...]
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Chicago Marathon 2007

By Matt | Published: October 11, 2007
I survived the 2007 Chicago Marathon. Yes, “survived” is the right word. The race started well, but eventually the wheels came off entirely. Facing 90° temperatures and 90% humidity (in October!?), all thoughts of PRs and BQs went out the window by mile 6. This was a day where avoiding the DNF was all that [...]
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