Boy, it’s been a minute. This site has held a number of old posts for quite a while. Now that I’ve had some time to focus on personal projects, I figured I’d revisit this to update it with interesting topics.

Fitness

Back in 2017, I ran a half-marathon to raise money for Crohn’s and Ulcerative Colitis. The race was in New Orleans, and I had a very comprehensive training plan, along with a team I trained with when we lived in Cincinnati.

The result was fantastic! I raised a bit of cash to help the cause, got into (better) shape, and really enjoyed the experience. You can see the posts below from that time frame when I was documenting my weekly progress as I trained for the race.

Then I did it again the following year, training (albeit less stringently) after we moved to California, and running in the race in Spring 2018, again in New Orleans. My wife came with me for that trip and we enjoyed seeing the sights in NOLA.

Last fall (2025) I ran/walked a Half Marathon with my son in Joshua Tree National Park. It was a night race, which meant the headlamps were required. Imagine running through the desert, with about 2000 other people, in the dark — you bet headlamps are a good idea 🙂

It was a great experience and I’ll add some pics about the races soon.

Projects

Since our move back to the Midwest, we’ve been working on our house. I’ll post updates here as we complete them. So far we’ve done a Kitchen, Side Deck, Lower level Bathroom, Entertainment space, and general updates to the entire first floor with paint, flooring, and lighting.

From an infrastructure perspective we are set for Midwest climate – new windows, new roof, and new furnace/AC systems.