By gcattarin on 10/22/2009 7:04 PM

I’m leaning on Neil Young for a theme for this race.  Hey, hey, my, my.  It’s better to burn out than it is to rust.  I came, I went out hard, I burned out, but that’s pretty much what I intended (say what?  read on…), and I’m happy with the results.  And with that, the Marathon #10, the Mount Desert Island Marathon, is in the books.

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By gcattarin on 10/18/2009 1:07 PM

A quick report from the front, after the battle.  The full report will follow.

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By gcattarin on 10/17/2009 7:00 PM

Today was a picture perfect day on Mount Desert Island, Maine.  Trouble is, the race wasn’t today, it’s tomorrow.  And picture perfect tomorrow will most certainly not be.  Whatever will I wear to the ball?

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By gcattarin on 10/14/2009 11:10 PM

This is not good.  It’s Wednesday, a mere four days to the Mount Desert Island Marathon, and I’m sitting here at my home office desk with a heating pad on my right calf.  I know it’s the week to taper down my training, but this is not what I had in mind.

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By gcattarin on 10/9/2009 10:56 PM

Two Saturdays ago I held my own Industrial Arts class, playing with nasty chemicals and common building materials.  And what fun we’ve had with the results!  A mere thirty nine dollars and seven cents procured a few lengths of PVC pipe, a pile of various connector bits, a can of nasty glue, and some orange safety tape, and with that, we’ve already classed up four races within ten days.

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By gcattarin on 9/30/2009 11:01 PM

Thirty days ago the world looked dreary.  Today, well, face it, it still does.  Earthquakes!  Tsunamis!  Roman Polanski!  But, the heck with the world.  At least so far as my running and fitness level, thirty days has made a surprising difference.  It’s been a heck of a month.  Read More »