First Post

The basics: I'm thrity-two years old. My name is zander.

I live with my partner Jill, we share the upper-half of a duplex in Milwaukee.

My main running companion is a dog named Bill. Bill the Dog is the pet of my downstairs neighbor. Steve, is the human's name.

I'm a pretty good runner, though I haven't run much in the last eight or nine months. Previoulsy I have run:

Half-Marathons:
'04 Madison, Madison, WI, 1:48
'06 Paavo Nurmi Marathon, Hurley, WI, 1:39

Marathons:
'04 Paavo Nurmi, 3:52
'04 Lakefront Marathon, Milwaukee, WI, 3:59
'06 Lakefront Marathon, 4:42

Paavo is a beautiful run through Norhtern Wisconsin. Hurley is about sixty miles east of Duluth, MN, home to the very popular Grandma's Marathon. As the title suggests I intend to run Paavo 2008 in under three hours. But things may change, maybe a sub-1:30 half.

I also intend for this blog to, follow my efforts in pursuing a new career (the title 'Underwater Welder' recently popped into my head), show my appreciation for Cormac McCarthy and the music of the '60's and '70's and to be a home for an occasional rumination on water or God or politics.

Today I ran with Bill the Dog for about three miles, and have probably run about thirty miles in the last ten days or so. I'm easing back into a more serious and intense running schedule.

Thanks for finding me. I intend to create some kind of graph for to better log my running efforts. Definitly, add some pictures and stuff.

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