This weekend my wife and I did a practice run for the 1/2 marathon we are doing in Nashville next weekend. We ran 10 1/2 miles of the 13.1 miles and walked the rest. While walking out the last 2+ miles I realized that the walking hurt more than the running and have decided to …
Monthly Archives: April 2007
Downhill
I left work early yesterday to watch the final descent of stage 3 of the Tour de Georgia as it came off Lookout Mountain down Ochs Hwy. into St. Elmo. I was at the bottom of Ochs Hwy. as the cyclists came by and they were hauling major ass. There was a breakaway group in …
Tour of Georgia hits town tomorrow
The tour de Georgia comes to town tomorrow. The events web site seems to be suffering a bit but there is a nice BLOG site that will keep you up to date on the results. To all those effected by the tragedy at Virginia Tech University I can’t imagine the sorrow you feel so I …
Art, 5 miles and a double feature.
Friday evening a friend of mine Mark Bradley Shoup had an art opening at the Tanner Hill Gallery on Broad Street in South Chattanooga. This is a very nice gallery in a great location. I ran into a number of my friends there and I drank a bit to much free wine but enjoyed a …
Pain and Suffering
The 1/2 Marathon I signed up for is fast approaching and I am not ready for it. I was fully intending to train hard for it and run the entire event but it looks like I have just run out of time and will not make it. I will finish but I expect it will …
Good Friday
I thought every Friday was a good Friday. In my humble life they are. The work week is over and the I have 2 days off from the hell known as my job. Do I really need the son of a fake “god” to make it a “good” Friday? Fuck Christians and fuck Jesus even …
Lord T and Eloise are coming
Went on a short run this evening around the 2 bridges. Not a very long run but it was more than most people ran today. My wife and 2 of her friends left early this morning for a weekend trip to NYC. Looks like the boys have the weekend free. Saturday night there is going …
New Bike
Well it’s another day and another post. I commuted to work on my new touring bike yesterday and after work I took a ride down to Flinstone, GA. taking Old Hwy 2 right past my friend E-Rock’s house. I was planning on stopping by his house to say hello and surprise him but he was …
Welcome to Chattavegas
I am drewcifer and I live in Chattanooga, Tennessee. I am a systems administrator at a local ISP and within the last year I have gotten into running and cycling as a way to work off some of the computer physique I have developed over the past 10 years of working in the IT industry. …