Personal Passions
Personal Recap: Apr 2010
Movies Yes, I have things to talk about on my running progress last month, but before you think I’m one dimensional, let’s talk about another one of my personal passions: movies. I like all kinds of movies from special effects “guy movies” to emotional “chick flicks”, and everything in between. The movies that I end [...]
Personal Recap: Mar 2010
Fitness So most of March on a personal level was directed toward my running pursuits. As I prefaced last month, inspired by that darn book I’m in the process of transforming from a short distance runner to a long distance runner. My goals are to run a 15 mile race/run by the end of this [...]
Welcoming “The Beast”
I’ve been reflecting on messages I got out of the book Born to Run I finished recently. Born to Run was written by Christopher McDougall, a former war correspondent for the AP and now a contributing editor for Men’s Health. The story is primarily about the Tarahumara Indians of Mexico’s Copper Canyon and their amazing [...]
Personal Recap: Feb 2010
Those of you that have read my blog for a while remember a recurring feature I had called the DCO Reader. In each of the Readers I tried to share some interesting posts from around the web on all the topics I find interesting. It started as weekly, then monthly, then got kind of sporadic, [...]
The Secret to Success from Mexican Outback Runners
I got this book from a friend for Christmas and I started reading it late last week. It’s turned out to be one of those books you just can’t put down. Written by Christopher McDougall, a former war correspondent for the AP and now a contributing editor for Men’s Health, the story is primarily about [...]
