03 Sep 2010
Water Lilies
Water lily flowers begin to bloom.
02 Sep 2010
Strategic Retreat
Chlorophyll enriched cells retreat from the damaged lower area of a palm frond revealing rich colors and complex understructure.
01 Sep 2010
The White Knight
White butterfly on red flowers. Most of his brethren on this Sunday morning were yellow.
29 Aug 2010
Garden Flight
Zoom in on the Dale Chihuly sculpture at the Atlanta Botanical Gardens. Taken from the rose garden overlook.
Put the camera into it’s lowest ISO and the lens into it’s smallest aperture, then actively rotated the zoom while taking a long-ish exposure shot.
21 Aug 2010
Half Marathon Distance!
I set out this morning with the intention of doing 12 miles. Somehow I ended up doing 13 so I squeezed out the extra .1 to make it a full half-marathon distance.
This is a pretty amazing moment for me. I started learning to run on September 11th, 2009. At that point I was struggling to complete 30 seconds of running. So in less than a year I have gone from non-runner, non-athlete to running 13.1 miles and living to tell the tale. Feels pretty darn great!
Today’s run took me to the Chamblee city limit sign and back.
07 Aug 2010
500 Miles on Road and Counting
One of the reasons I keep keep syncing with Nike+ even though my Garmin is capturing most of the same information is that Nike does a lot to keep you motivated. I just crossed over the 500 mile mark from when I first started leaning to run last September. In response, Nike+ gave me a video by Paula Radcliffe congratulating me on reaching this milestone.
Here’s the run that put me over the top:
20 Jul 2010
First Running Injury
I suppose it was bound to happen sometime given all this running in the dark. I took a tumble during my 2nd walk interval less than 1/3 of the way through my regular morning workout. Both hands are a little scraped up, but my left knee took the brunt of it. I dusted myself off and finished the workout.
Does anyone know how to get blood out of running socks?
