What’s Going On?
Running
Good question. Things have changed a bit since the Chicago Marathon and the Indianapolis Marathon last month. We have several months before we run the Indy Mini in May 2008. So, where do we go from here?
Dawn decided she wanted to train for a 10K until the first part of next year. We’re not sure where we’ll find a 10K to run in, but she wants to get Preferred Seeding for the Mini, so she needs to find somewhere to get a time that will put her there. She JUST missed Preferred Seeding with her time in the Indianapolis Marathon by 9 seconds.
Me, I’m training for a 5K. My goal is to be able to keep up with Braden some. I’ve got a long way to go, but if I work hard, maybe I’ll actually be able to keep up with the Bellmont High girls (one of them ran a 20:33!).
I’ve got my run times posted on the Run Log page. I’m not happy with the way things look, but at least it’s something. I’m actually running 5 days per week totaling over 30 miles per week most weeks. That’s a huge change from the 3 days per week I was running and a much bigger commitment; it’s cold and rainy this time of year. Oh well…I’ll live…maybe.
Gaming
So, what I have been doing when I’m not working or running? Playing a multitude of games! This fall/winter has been the gaming equivalent of the The Perfect Storm. There are sooooo many great games out there, I don’t think I have enough time or money to play them all!
Where does one start feasting on all the gaming goodness? The best place…nay, the mandatory place MUST be Orange Box. Hands down, this is the absolute best value in the history of gaming. The total package of gaming, Orange Box includes Half Life 2, Half Life 2: Episode One, Half Life 2: Episode Two, Team Fortress 2, Portal, and, if you pre-ordered the PC version from Steam, Peggle Extreme. All of this for $50 on the PC and $60 on the Xbox 360! Portal is probably worth the price of Orange Box on its own.
I’m currently knee deep in Hellgate: London. Hellgate is the creation of Flagship Studios…essentially the dev team that created Diablo and Diablo II for Blizzard Entertainment. HGL is a pretty good game; it’s Diablo with a few new innovations. Unfortunately, there are a ton of other games just waiting to absorb my time. We’ll see how long I’ll be in London.
So, what am I looking forward to? To name a few, there is Crysis, Mass Effect, Guitar Hero III, Rock Band, and Assassin’s Creed. There is even more that I can’t think of off the top of my head.
Ahhhh, the Perfect Storm…