My First 5K

So I ran my first official 5K run/walk/race on Saturday, July 6, 2009. Just for the record, a 5K is approximately 3.1 miles. My time for the race was 31:56. This time is my second fastest time for a 5k run, which is interesting because I didn't feel i was running that fast.

So what next? There's a few more 5k's i want to run soon. In the meantime, I'm starting my training up to a 10k, then a half marathon. We'll see what happens.

Express Your Opinions To Your Elected Leaders

As a voting citizens of the United States, it is our responsibility to stay connected with those officials who represent us, both in the federal forum, as well as the state. I have found a website that makes it easy not only to write to our leaders (senators, representatives, the president), but also to see how many of these leaders vote. Here is the website:

http://www.congress.org

Please go there, write to your elected officials and ensure that they know the will of the people. If we sit back, we have no one but ourselves to blame for what comes down the legislative pipe. Be a responsible citizen of the United States of America.

Thanks, and God bless.

Why I'm using Blogger

So I know that this is a new blog. You may ask, why blogger? Here's the answer in short. It's more universal than MySpace. That is where I have most of my blogs. If you want to see what I have done in the past go to http://www.myspace.com/danielw45502. If you want to see what I'm doing now, subscribe to the blog. I'd appreciate the feedback.

April 17th, 2009 - A Month of Motorcycling

After getting my motorcycle license back in September 2008, I purchased my first (legal and running) motorcycle on March 12, 2009. I have ridden the motorcycle numerous times before, but today was one of the few "cruises". I had the wife on the back and we just rode. Although I still catch myself doing some boneheaded noob things, I definitely see myself being much more confident in my ability to ride.

Just one question...what's up with Medway? I have never seen a chicken outside of a coop, let alone crossing a road, but in Medway that's exactly what happened. Sometimes you just have to ride to ride, and the stories come on their own.