May 2019 – Putting Pins In A Map

Giving It a Tri

allen May 17, 2019May 17, 2019 Participate, Top

As I alluded to in the resurfacing post and the participating prequel, I’ve decided to try out new kinds of races/events beyond just the traditional running on pavement 5K, 10K, half-marathon etc. A few years ago one of my friends (who is a avid runner) was getting married in North...

The Gap Between Doing Nothing and Participating

allen May 13, 2019May 17, 2019 Participate, Top

I’ve done quite a few racing events (running, biking, etc.) over the years and at this point am even Race Director for my own Trail 10K/5K event (going on its 6th year now), and people have sometimes pinged me for advice on how to get into something, whats the best...

Time For More Pins

allen May 8, 2019May 13, 2019 Experience/Travel, Participate, Top, Watch/Learn

Back in 2005-ish I secured the PPIAM domain, and built a small little website from scratch. I did all the coding myself, started learning JavaScript, Photoshop, Dreamweaver to do some fancier things like a randomized header, and also some embedding of this crazy new thing known as Google Maps. Why?...