Friday, August 22, 2008

Sorry I’ve been MIA!

Hey everyone!

Sorry I’ve been slacking on my blog.  The good news is that in addition to training for the Chicago Marathon (which is going swimmingly, or is that runningly, anyway, I digress), I’ve been doing a number of cool Pixelprojects that are only starting to reveal themselves here on the website.  Meanwhile, check out my latest web creation, a brand spanking-new website for a really cool new company called Amerigrease.  Additionally, you can check out a new 5 minute wedding highlight reel I shot and edited on behalf of Bella Pictures.  Just click on “short films” and it will be (as of this writing) the first one that will play.

We’re also getting ready to launch video for 2 prominent legal websites where we shot and edited no less than 50, that’s right, 50 clips for use on their current websites.  Pixeldust Films and Interactive will also be engaged in the redesign of all their web properties over time.

So, what else?  Well, in short:

• I’m in the nucleus of the Chicago Marathon training and am up to the 18 mile long runs
• I am, for the first time in years, trying a new running shoe.  I purchased a pair of Asics Gel Cumulus 10s and will give them their first spin tomorrow.  Maybe a replacement for my go-to Mizuno Wave Rider 10s and 11s, but maybe not!  Only time will tell.
• I am riding in the Lance Armstrong Livestrong Challenge this coming Sunday.  45 miles on my new Cannondale.  I haven’t yet even ridden 20 miles in one shot.  My furthest ride has been 17 miles.  Uh oh.
• This year, as a result of the marathon training, I have become an 8:40 average miler with a heart rate that hovers in the mid to high 150s, as opposed to last year, where such a pace would have put my heart well into the 170s...
• As a result of my marathon training so far (I have yet to miss 1 mile of Hal Higdon’s Novice 2 training program), I have completely destroyed every PR I’ve ever set all the way up to the half-marathon thus far.
• As a result of how well the marathon training is going at this point, I’ve realigned my goal time to be 4:10 instead of 4:20 and actually believe I will achieve this.
• This year I am planning to smash my Philadelphia Distance Run PR from last year by over 8 minutes, putting me under the 2 hour mark.
• For those that want to hear a little music, come check me out LIVE at Ron’s Original in Lionville, PA.  Here’s the schedule.
• I recently was one of the photographers hired to shoot photography at this year’s SheROX Women’s Triathlon.