accelerade. not bad at all.

http://www.accelerade.com/products/
i'm an addict. try it. you will like it. unless you dont participate in any type of athletic arena. then you shouldn't waste your money on it at $2 a bottle. i have yet to feel fatigued at the beginning of a workout the past 3 weeks i have been using it. i am skeptical as anyone on this stuff. but im a believer. i was slightly fatigued yesterday but only because i did 3x400, 3x300, 3x200 @ dream 5K pace for the first time in 2 months. so i will forgive the product and just know i worked hard.

just discovered a bunch of new camera tricks today randomly. look out world again.

thanks mississippi light

this should be in the dictionary next to the term "good coach"

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aoMmbUmKN0E

ben=genius

every scream went bleeding through these paper walls
and all the makeup in the world couldnt hide the scars i leave today
im packing light
a suitcase and toiletries
the rolling hills and willow trees of carolina wait for me

you never learned the rules have changed since we were nine
this isnt school
boys dont assault the girls they like
the taste of blood, the claim of love
these two will hereon cease to be
sprouting from your fists and tongue
as carolina waits for me

fields of grain go whipping by from the window seat
im drifting in, im drifting out catching up on sleep
i couldnt get indentured since the very crest of seventeen
i left my keys and broken dreams
cause carolina waits for me

i will never forgive a single day
mile markers seem to call my name and say
your safer now
through every town will light your way in reflective green
all the way, the state of carolina waits for me
-carolina - ben gibbard

i started running again yesterday. still in a good deal of discomfort and wearing a brace and living in ice when im not running, but the past two days have been beautiful for running...it feels like fall.

my camera is back from repair...watch out world

and yes, thank you all for the comments on my beard. it is beautiful and soon will blow in the wind.

Ohio State

wow, amazingly crazy stuff

http://www.flocasts.org/flotrack/speakers.php?sid=428&vid=4771

buy the new eisley album...one of the most gorgeous things you will ever experience

destin has very clear water

i feel like a father who has to let people experience pain sometimes.

"A lot of people run a race to see who is fastest. I run to see who has the most guts, who can punish himself into exhausting pace, and then at the end, punish himself even more. Nobody is going to win a 5,000 meter race after running an easy 2 miles. Not with me. If I lose forcing the pace all the way, well, at least I can live with myself."
- pre