Tag: Purdue 5k

  • 2011 Purdue 5K Challenge

    Today was the Purdue 5K Challenge benefiting the Purdue Cancer Center. I’ll post more pictures and information later, however I was able to do better this year than last with a time of 22:36 placing 16th among my age bracket and 58th among all men.  Until the final results list is released later today I…

  • Purdue 5K Challenge

    Today was the day of the event, the Purdue 5k run/walk, which was my first “real” 5k. Although I have run over 400 miles before I even started I was nervous. We all got up at 6am and left the house just after 7am. After we got to the Purdue stadium, they left to go…

  • First Half-Marathon

    So, today was a big day for me.  I ran my first half-marathon.  For you laymen, that’s 13.1 miles or 21.1 kilometers. I’ve been on a coaching program from Nike+ which is an intermediate-level 5k program.  Today was the peak run of the program with a scheduled 10 mile run.  However, I decided to push myself to…

  • Purdue 5k

    Well, guess I shouldn’t make statements on when I’ll post next.  Obviously I don’t follow through on them.  Moving on, much has happened since my last post. I moved to a much nicer place.  I used to live in a small 550 square foot apartment but now I live in a 1200 square foot three-bedroom…