Austin
When we first moved to Austin their environmentally friendly energy program was completely subscribed, mostly by the city itself, and there was no way to buy in. Now, they’ve extended their program considerably and have no waiting list to join. So we did. It isn’t cheap, but not terribly pricey either. With the normal program […]
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I completed my longest training run before the marathon today. I managed 20.25 miles at 9:41 minutes per mile. Slower than I’d like to run in the marathon, but faster than I had planned today and that included a large number of interruptions. Traffic lights, crosswalks, traffic and even a train slowed me down a […]
I ran, and you probably guessed it from the title, 18.25 miles today. It took just under 3 hours. That is a long damn run, let me tell you what. If someone says, “Hey, wanna go for an 18.25 mile run?” you just tell ‘em “Hell no, do I look stupid to you?”. I ran […]
After starting a one hour fix-it project that is now turning into a full weekend project (more on the project later) we decided that a dinner out was in order. We’d heard good things about a local restaurant, It’s Italian, and it was a nice night so we decided to walk. We cut through the […]