Journey By Joel

When arranging my travel plans for the next two week’s training course, I decided I would drive because of the perceived safe and easy route to the the training location (west of Chicago). Well, that was not the case. For the second trip in a row, I had my journey extended by a couple of hours. This time it was due to a bridge being out near Madison, WI that stopped traffic square in its tracks. Here is a news clip of the bridge closure - http://wkow.madison.com/News/index.php?ID=19398

I was able to find an alternate route that took me through some dense fog and I was able to still check in to the training facility before 10pm. I was hoping for closer to 7pm … but, oh well.

Now it is time to rest up a little bit for what training will throw at me tomorrow. It looks like my initial 8am meeting is on the other side of this mini campus, but it will be a much shorter walk than the one I had the last two weeks.

Life’s a journey…

Tags: travel training road trip

Here is an obvious metro tip for you based upon my recent experience.

http://www.jumpcut.com/view?id=D0A3A652DF6B11DCBC97000423CF037A

I made it into Chicago tonight after a brutal 7+ hour drive. That is what happens when all flights are canceled out of your hometown - you end up driving slow, but you get to your destination. Thank goodness I didn’t have to be across the country today.

Here are a couple shots from my hotel room. They have me up in nose bleed territory as I requested :-)
I better rest up for another great day of learning how life is like at this new job. I’ll have about a mile walk to get where I need to be in the morning, but I’m hoping for a great Chicago tail wind to push me along. I’m sure there will be a few Starbucks along the way if I need to refuel.

Loving the journey…

Here we are at our first 5K run/walk of 2008. My friend Josh and I have new ambitions to run more frequently and cut a few pounds this year.  So, we braved the cold temperatures for a little run outside in February in Wisconsin.

We ended up with an OK time for the first run (we’ve only been seriously considering running/training for 3 weeks). The time to beat is 30:48 for our next run. I’m not sure when that will be yet.

However, 5K runs are not the goal for this year. We are training for a half-marathon at the end of May. I’m hoping I’ll be a few pounds lighter by then (less weight to carry around on the run).

Enjoying the journey … one step at a time.

So, here is my first test video that I have posted via Jumpcut. I was having some issues with my boiler heating one of the zones in my house, and I shot the video to explain something additional to my troubleshooting father.