Well, I completed my first ever half-marathon (13.1 mile) race last Saturday.  Originally, my plan was to simply finish it without stopping or walking.  Though, a couple weeks before the event, I added the additional goal of finishing in under two hours, which I wasn't sure I could actually do.  My race finish time however: 1:47:33.

This race marked ( Read more... )

Endurance training is a completely different beast than doing something as, say lifting weights for fitness: excessive muscular size and strength are cumbersome, being small and light is much more conducive to distance events.  When I was into recreational body building in college, I got up to 179lbs of lean muscle mass.  Right now, I am at 149.  ( Read more... )

If there could be a running capital of Michigan, I believe it would be Hell. The small community of Hell, MI has an estimated population of less than 300 people and is little more than a general store and some surrounding woods. However, in the summer and fall, it is rare that more than a few weeks go by without the Hell being the host of a giant ( Read more... )

One of the things I enjoy about running so many races is the sheer diversity they offer. There are obvious differences in things like road races and trail runs, but I also really enjoy the novelty aspects of some races like obstacle courses races, mud runs, and team races. Different ways to not only push yourself, but to also have fun and ( Read more... )

I have decided to reinvent myself as an endurance athlete. Seriously ( Read more... )

I have decided to keep this account active and begin posting here more often. There will be a few changes, however ( Read more... )

This is a new juggling/music video project I recently completed. Stylistically, it's very similar to a juggling video I made about a year ago called "Love, Hate, Life, Death, and Juggling", and is a bit of a sequel in that regard. I had been working on this video for almost a year, planing the sequences and movements, and am quite pleased with ( Read more... )

Here is a track by track breakdown of new album 'Not Meant to Live'.  In this entry I will attempt to explain the background, creative, and technical process that went into each song.

1.  You Keep my Heart Pumpin' - This is the first song I wrote for the album.  I wrote the melody and lyrics while I was in Seattle and programmed it into Madtracker 2 ( Read more... )

Album is done!

I actually took the time to master this one, which I was not originally planing on doing.  I spent a long time working on mixing everything, and was just going to call it good.  However, once I tried playing a demo disk, I was a little taken at how quiet the album was as a whole.  Going back through the mixer, I found a plug in called ( Read more... )

There is a lot that goes in to the mixing process of a song.  Once everything is recorded, and programed, you still need to mix it properly, which can be a very time-consuming process.  A song can have all the elements of greatness, but if it is not mixed well, it will not sound good.  I've seen it written many times that mixing takes a life-time ( Read more... )