http://themeltons.net Wed, 29 Oct 2008 11:50:00 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en It's official, with the latest addition to the family, Dawn and I are <gulp> Grandparents. Skyelar Elizabeth Melton-Pritchard was born at 12:46 AM on 17 June 2008. Pictures follow.  Click the title under the picture for a much larger image. New mommy and little Skyelar Skyelar's first meal ... http://themeltons.net/2008/06/17/the-newest-addition/ Some of you may have noticed that my run log hasn't show any distance for some time.  That's because Runner's World's Training Log has not been calculating those distances.  I've since begun using Running Ahead for most of my Training Log entries, except for the personal bests. That means that all ... http://themeltons.net/2008/03/30/run-log-update/ The Indy Mini is just around the corner. We're really looking forward to it this year for a number of reasons…not the least of which is due to the fact that we've all run at least one of these so we know what to expect. Last year, I was dog ... http://themeltons.net/2008/03/19/ladies-and-gentlemen%e2%80%a6start-your-engines/ If you haven't noticed by my Gamercard above, I've been playing quite a bit of Rock Band lately (pitiful Gamerscore notwithstanding). It's a great party game because you can have one person playing guitar, one playing bass (provided you have an extra guitar), one singing, and one playing drums. ... http://themeltons.net/2008/01/10/rock-band/ There is an article at Boston.com about the imcompatibility between the PS3 Guitar Hero III controller and the Rock Band game. The long and the short of it is that Harmonix has a patch to make the GH III guitar compatible with Rock Band, but Activision wants...uh...compensation. It ... http://themeltons.net/2007/12/21/guitar-hero-iii-vs-rock-band-controllers/ 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 ... http://themeltons.net/2007/11/12/whats-going-on/ When Dawn and I got back from Indy on Sunday morning, we rushed down to Bellmont High School so Braden could run in the Callithumpian Canter.  Prior to the 5K, there is a one mile fun run that mostly younger kids run. Lainey really enjoys "running" with Mommy and Daddy when ... http://themeltons.net/2007/10/25/laineys-first-race/ We finished. It wasn't always pretty, but we are both now in "the club". You know, the club you get in when you finish a marathon? No? Neither did I until today. The course itself was definitely hard -- if any normal human being tells you running 26.2 ... http://themeltons.net/2007/10/23/it-is-done/ Before we start with this thing, Dawn and I would like to thank all of those who donated money to the Tourette Syndrome Association. Due to your generosity, we raised nearly $1200 for this worthy cause. Most of you know that our son, Braden, was diagnosed with ... http://themeltons.net/2007/10/17/2007-chicago-marathon-the-good-the-bad-the-ugly/ I know I said it would be ready in a couple of days about a week ago.  However, it's just taking way longer than I had anticipated to put my thoughts "on paper".  I will have everything finalized, proofread, and posted by tomorrow morning.  Thanks for you patience. http://themeltons.net/2007/10/15/marathon-update/