Well, it finally happened; I ran my first full marathon.

The race went really well, and I hit all of my goals.  I did not stop or walk, and I finished in under four hours (3:57:16).  I even managed to place third in my age group and was 17/94 overall, which is much better than I expected.  It was a very emotional experience for me and something I ( Read more... )

Tomorrow is the big day.  I will be making my full marathon debut at the 2012 Wildlife Marathon.

I have wanted to do this for a long time, and feel that I've paid my dues.  I've been preparing for this for well over a year, and have been training especially hard these last few months clocking in nearly 40 miles per week.  Most beginning marathon ( Read more... )

I started dabbling in film a few years ago when the big pictures came to Michigan on account of the film incentives.  It was fun, but I didn't really do a ton with it.  This year, however, I've got the film bug.

In the spring, I had a dream come true when I was cast in a speaking role in a horror film.  Actually, I had two parts in the film:  I got ( Read more... )

Even though I'm not a very naturally athletic person and I dislike most conventional sports, I have always had a very strong physical drive in me.  It's like I have a demon inside me constantly tell me "go go go!" like I have to find a way to fortify my body and really push it for something.  I tend to be drawn towards physical culture that ( Read more... )

I ran two big races recently, and had the time of my life doing it.

The first was the 45th annual Churchill's Half Marathon down in Monclova, OH.  This was only my second half, and the turn out was much greater than my first.  The course was pretty flat, but it was unseasonably hot that day.  Given that it was so early in the season and I had just ( Read more... )

Here is a song by song breakdown of my punk album. "Anti-Social Loner Freak".  I will be talking about the background and creative process behind each song on the album.

The Scaryman Shake - This is a song about dance moves, and how music can take over every fiber of your being.  It is presented humorously and largely from my perspective about how ( Read more... )

I just finished a new album.  This one is called "Anti-Social Loner Freak" and it is my first punk rock album.

This album was a long time in the work for me, as I’d wanted to record punk music for a very long time. Being shy and a loner growing up, however, made it difficult to find a group of people to work with musically. I mainly just poked ( Read more... )

I've been training my ass off lately, and things are going better.  Here are the results of my two winter runs.

The Hot Chocolate Hustle:  A local 5K tune up race I wanted to do.  Easy flat course.  Training was going a little slow, so my only goal was to break 25:00 min, but I ended up running it in 22:33, just four seconds off from my PR, so that ( Read more... )

Here is my annual inventory of all the juggling tricks that I can do. Here is my updated list through 2011. Obvious pattern variations are not included.  For example, I learned a lot of claymotion, multiplex, and siteswap combinations, but I am only counting distinct and specific patterns on this list for simplicity.  New tricks that I learned in ( Read more... )

Here is a training update for my early 2012 endurance athlete extreme hardcore monster man training plan.

So far, training is going HORRIBLE.  Ugh...where do I start.  For one, I injured my knee.  It really hurts when I run, and locks up on me afterward.  Oh, and even worse, it's my GOOD knee.  You know you're in bad shape when your good knee starts ( Read more... )