Mach 11

Well, it's finally done. Our house in Nebraska is officially SOLD! Money has been wired, deeds signed, and the new tenants have been given the keys. I heard they have 4 small children too. Wow! I'm thinking of 4 kids in that house. That would be nuts. Now I just have to pay off the utilities. My last water bill showed that I 'used' water comparable to last years usage. I'm glad the water company admitted that was an estimation charge.

I read the back of this book and couldn't stop thinking about it, especially when I read some reviews saying the book was less about the war and really an exploration of the man. So this may be my first of a few Jon Krakauer books.


A couple of my friends are reading Born To Run right now. One of them has already been tempted with the idea of doing an Ultramarathon. The other one told me, I understand why you really got into running after reading this book. He has even dabbled with the idea of getting some tarahumara huaraches, which looks like this.

Maybe I'll try on these copper canyon bullets someday, but in the meantime I'll stick with other shoes I think.

So I sent my friend a running blog link that I thought had a lot of good material on minimalist running and he emailed me back about the clearance sale on the Brooks Mach 11s. I couldn't refuse a 30 dollar price for a new pair of shoes. This shoe is not only light, but has hardly any heel. It will be interesting to see how these feel both on the treadmill and outside. Hopefully their rigid frame won't be negative for me.