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Author: Paul Radcliffe
December 12, 2014
Egg Nog Jog Race Goals
This weekend I’m running the Egg Nog Jog 10.8k presented by Georgetown Runners. There are SO many “short” runs in December, but this year I’m doing this race! I’ve been meaning to do this event for years, but because of it’s small cap of 600 runners, it usually sells out really early. I jumped on it this year and registered at the end of September! There are some neat things about this race I’m looking forward to. It has a medal, which is nice. The course looks rural yet paved. But my biggest highlight is that race photos[…continue reading]
November 27, 2014
Las Vegas “VIP” Experience
As promised here’s another post about my Rock ‘n’ Roll Las Vegas Race weekend experience, the VIP Experience. You can read about the race details in this post, but this post will focus strictly on the VIP Experience. Let me preface this by saying I don’t necessarily like that there are “two-tier” experiences now fora lot of services. I don’t like that certain people get special treatment, to the detriment of other customers. I particularly see this in airlines with their first class, business class, frequent flyer, priority, and other bullshit loyalty programs. They’ll offer these ‘special’ people extra services (that[…continue reading]
November 25, 2014
Garmin Repair
The strap of my Garmin Forerunner 410 running watch was breaking. After about 2000km, I’m not surprised. The strap of my old Garmin 405 broke twice, so I’m rather used to this. It seems to break at the place where it clasps with the other side of the buckle. It’s just wear and tear, butI hope they’ve fixed it in the next generation of watches. The first time my watch strap broke, I contacted Garmin in the states to order a replacement. They very honestly told me to find a Canadian vendor because the shipping and[…continue reading]
