Finger Lakes Fifties Preview

I've run the Finger Lakes Fifties three times.  But this year is a little different.  This will be my first attempt at the 50K distance in Upstate New York.  My three previous finishes (2007, 2008, 2010) were the 25K race - only one lap around the course.  Each year I think that the next time will be the time I finally step up to the 50K, but for one reason or another, I've always gone back to the 25K.

But now that I'm attempting the 50K distance, I'm wondering if I chose the wrong year to go for it.

Are You a Closer?

One of the online games I play frequently is ESPN.com's "Streak for the Cash."  In it they give you a "bet" (there's no cost to play) and you make a prediction.  The goal is to have a "streak" of consecutive correct predictions, and if you have a longer streak than anyone else, you win $50,000 at the end of the month.  Most of the bets are just "predict the winner of this matchup", but sometimes they have prop bets, like "will there be a home run in innings 3 through 6" of a given baseball game.

For the opening game of the NBA finals there was a prop:
Who will have more points in the first half:

1. LeBron James

2. Kevin Durant or tie

I Like Doing Stuff

I've gotten to like this pattern I've fallen into with this blog.  A post every week or two.  That way I don't lose sleep, time with my family or any workouts.  Yes, I could take some more time on the weekends or evenings to write more, but when it comes right down to it, I like doing stuff.  We're growing vegetables not just in our tiny garden, but also on our back patio  (thanks to The Edible Balcony).  I got participate in trout season for the first time in several years and have been trail running more than I have since Adele was born (I even saw not one, not two, but three turtles on my last romp on the Darlington Trail).