Month
September 2015
Wednesday, September 30, 2015 The final day of September has arrived and with it a fatigued version of Vince. Despite my plan to get up nice and early and hit the roads to get one of my last few long… Continue Reading →
Tuesday, September 29, 2015 My Hockeyville story began during the 1982-83 National Hockey League season when I was flipping through the channels and came across a Pittsburgh Penguins game on WPGH-TV. I was immediately mesmerized by the voice and descriptions of… Continue Reading →
Monday, September 28, 2015 Day #85 of training started off week #13 of 16 weeks of training. It began this morning with a very bright moon overhead on a simple 3-mile run. It will be the easiest of 7 runs… Continue Reading →
Sunday, September 27, 2015 It’s crunch time. Twenty-eight days until the 40th edition of the Marine Corps Marathon. My sports-filled weekend continued today with a planned 12 mile tempo run and watching my Oakland Raiders attempt to move to 2-1… Continue Reading →
Saturday, September 26, 2015 Sometimes a running blog/website isn’t really about running at all. But just in case the web blog police come knocking, I ran 4 miles today. I also officiated 3 ice hockey games to officially begin my… Continue Reading →
Friday, September 25, 2015 It’s here. One month to go! I “celebrated” (sarcasm noted) by running a 4-miler on the dreaded treadmill. Or what I like to call the dreadmill. Only I ran it on the treadmill at Turf Valley… Continue Reading →
Thursday, September 24, 2015 This weekend will mark 1 month until the marathon and although I am eagerly anticipating the marathon itself, this weekend will also bring with it two events that I am equally anticipating. As I have mentioned… Continue Reading →
Wednesday, September 23, 2015 It dawned upon me today that things are really getting crystal clear in front of me. With 31 days of training left, I scanned my training program to see that I’ve got just three (maybe 4)… Continue Reading →
Tuesday, September 22, 2015 Tonight I have a major announcement that makes me very happy. When I was getting close to finishing this book, I felt strongly, especially after the bombings at the Boston Marathon in 2013, that I wanted… Continue Reading →
Monday, September 21, 2015 33 days. That’s the countdown. A bottle of Rolling Rock Beer. I have to admit that when I checked out the countdown clock tonight it gave me pause. That doesn’t seem like a lot of time. … Continue Reading →
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