2 Miles, Steep Hills, 25lb Pack

This week starts the two mile route.  Same deal as before.  Rucksack with 25lbs of weights up and down the hills in my neighborhood.  Right now I'm nowhere close to being able to run the entire way.  When I can do that, I'll feel like I've really accomplished something.

Mon Aug 25, 2014 - 27min 23sec
Tue Aug 26, 2014 - 25min 02sec
Wed Aug 27, 2014 - 24min 17sec
Fri Aug 29, 2014 - 28min 38sec

Tue Sep 2, 2014 - 24min 38sec
Wed Sep 3, 2014, 24min 34sec
Thu Sep 4, 2014 - 24min 28sec

1 Mile, Steep Hills, 25lb Pack

I've been conditioning for Annual Training in October by running a mile around the hills of my neighborhood every morning.  This week I started adding a weighted rucksack which, of course brought my time back down to a crawl.  Oh well, gotta start somewhere.

Sun July 27, 2014 - 12min 39sec
Mon July 28, 2014 - 12min 30sec
Tue July 29, 2014 - 11min 47sec
Wed July 30, 2014 - 11min 40sec

Mon Aug 4, 2014 - 12min 16sec

Tue Aug 5, 2014 - 12min 23sec
Wed Aug 6, 2014 - 12min 19sec
Thu Aug 7, 2014 - 12min 03sec
Fri Aug 8, 2014 - 11min 56sec

Sun Aug 10, 2014 - 11min 53sec
Mon Aug 11, 2014 - 11min 47sec
Tue Aug 12, 2014 - 12min 12sec
Fri Aug 15, 2014 -  10min 55sec

Mon Aug 18, 2014 - 11min 32sec
Tue Aug 19, 2014 - 11min 29sec
Wed Aug 20, 2014 - 11min 40sec
Thu Aug 21, 2014 - 11min 20sec
Fri Aug 22, 2014 - 11min 18sec

Our Adventure at the USPSA Match

Last Friday, my friends Jake and Marc invited me to meet them after work at Shooters, an indoor firing range.  Marc wanted to practice for the USPSA match he was competing in the next day.

I'm interested competitive shooting, but had never been to a match, so Jake and I decided to tag along and watch the match.

The bottom line is it looks like lots of fun.  When next month's match rolls around, plan on seeing me there.

I'm On the Air - Around the World

On Saturday morning, I passed the exam to upgrade my amateur radio license to General Class.  For those of you not familiar with ham radio, General gives you privileges to use high-frequency or HF radio bands.  If you've ever listened to a shortwave radio broadcast from another country, you'll know that radio waves at these frequencies can travel a long, long way.