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Rivanna Trail - Updated Turnsheet 28 Jan 2013 | 04:42 am
A while ago I wrote a description of the sections of the Rivanna Trail. Recently, I decided to give them an update, and the result is below. It's still a work in progress, as I'd like to make distance...
I'm on Board! 11 Apr 2012 | 04:08 am
Being a runner, specifically with a trail inclination, in the Charlottesville area, I've spent many an hour on the Rivanna Trail in the past few years. Charlottesville's got plenty going for it, but t...
Valentine's Day Rambling 15 Feb 2012 | 02:29 am
My dad died on Valentine's Day, 1991. He'd had lung cancer for some time before-hand, and had been at home in a hospice program for a while, so it wasn't exactly unexpected. I was in third grade, and ...
Feed Weeding 5 Feb 2012 | 11:32 am
I currently have just over 900 feeds going in to my Google Reader account, which looks to average out to nearly 400 posts per day on weekdays, and about half as many on weekends. Factor in work, eatin...
Ambivalence 28 Jan 2012 | 11:51 pm
My boss described me as having "that ambivalent Nick look" the other day. This was a little bit of a new one for me, sort of like the time one of my students wrote that I was "aloof" on their end of s...
Write More 22 Jan 2012 | 04:01 pm
A friend recently told me I should write more. I had just used the phrase "peddle my wares" reasonably naturally in conversation, and I think it caught her off guard. Of course, I wouldn't be particul...
Tough Mudder 23 Oct 2011 | 12:51 pm
This morning I ran the Tough Mudder event out at Wintergreen (site of the recent UROC). It really was quite fun, and I'd honestly be tempted to run another (probably not tomorrow, even if they did off...
Questioning Running 29 Jul 2011 | 12:35 pm
On my run yesterday, and probably a fair number of other runs in the past, I was sort of wondering what I was doing. Why am I getting up between 5 and 5:30 to start an hour-long run (say) around 6:30,...
Outside the Academy 7 Apr 2011 | 10:31 pm
I recently gave a talk for the mathematics graduate seminar at the University of Georgia, since I was invited to by my old UVA roomie @christopherdrup, who is now a postdoc down there. The title of my...
Another Failed Run 28 Mar 2011 | 04:42 am
Yesterday I ran part of the Bel Monte Endurance Run, wearing a black bib number that indicated I was in the 50 mile event. And I was, for probably the first 18 miles or so. I think at that point I was...
