Christopher Orr

LATEST ARTICLES ( 58 )

• 4/21 – Training & BOSTON!

  

  What a race! Boston this year was thrilling from the start all the way to the finish. I was pounding the table begging Meb to kick down Boylston and break the... Read more

  Posted on 21 April 2014 DIARIES, FITNESS, SELF EXPRESSION

• 4/16 – Half Marathon Training

  

  [This post was originally written yesterday, but the 'net hiccuped and either AT T or WordPress ate the submission. I'll post again later with today's run and... Read more

  Posted on 18 April 2014 DIARIES, FITNESS, SELF EXPRESSION

• 4/14 – Training Updates

  

  It has been several days since my last post, but it hasn’t been a vacation. With the light at the end of the tunnel that is law school graduation, I have severa... Read more

  Posted on 14 April 2014 DIARIES, FITNESS, SELF EXPRESSION

• 4/10 – Half Marathon Training

  

  Thursdays are rough. With an advanced legal research class early, it squeezes my time for running in the mornings. But I am a creature of habit and don’t like i... Read more

  Posted on 11 April 2014 DIARIES, FITNESS, SELF EXPRESSION

• 4/9 – Half Marathon Training

  

  Today was a reminder that my running is like a bad Toyota – prone to sudden, surprising acceleration. And… that’s enough bad jokes for one day. Read more

  Posted on 09 April 2014 DIARIES, FITNESS, SELF EXPRESSION

• 4/8 – Training Updates

  

  The blame for the lack of recent updates rests completely with law school, I swear. I haven’t missed any training days, but I had a major analysis due... Read more

  Posted on 08 April 2014 DIARIES, FITNESS, SELF EXPRESSION

• 4/5 – Half Marathon Training

  

  Sometimes all it takes to accomplish something is to trust that you can do it and just get started. Jump in the ocean – sink or swim. That’s precisely how... Read more

  Posted on 05 April 2014 DIARIES, FITNESS, SELF EXPRESSION

• 4/3 – Half Marathon Training

  

  Selfie! Apparently, this morning was full battalion PT day for the University of Toledo ROTC at the Rec Center. They were so cute with their shiny new IPFUs... Read more

  Posted on 04 April 2014 DIARIES, FITNESS, SELF EXPRESSION

• 4/2 – Half Marathon Training

  

  Today’s quote is a little maudlin, but it is very appropriate for where I’m at with my training. This 3 mile wall came out of nowhere, seemingly, and it is... Read more

  Posted on 02 April 2014 DIARIES, FITNESS, SELF EXPRESSION

• 4/1 – Half Marathon Training

  

  And I’m roughly the same shape… Leonidas yesterday, Kool-Aid Man today. I only look like one of them, but which one is a secret (yeah, right). But like the... Read more

  Posted on 01 April 2014 DIARIES, FITNESS, SELF EXPRESSION

• 3/31 – Half Marathon Training

  

  Madness? THIS. IS. RUNNING! Okay, so maybe the Leonidas meme is a little over the top. But after the last several days of having my training runs feel like... Read more

  Posted on 31 March 2014 DIARIES, FITNESS, SELF EXPRESSION

• 3/30 – Training Update

  

  She canna do it, Cap’n! She just dunna have the power! That picture pretty accurately describes how my last several runs have gone. Indoors or outdoors, trail o... Read more

  Posted on 30 March 2014 DIARIES, FITNESS, SELF EXPRESSION

• 3/28 – Half Marathon Training (ugh…)

  

  Days like this, I wish I could afford to have a coach. The weather finally cooperated (50s and dry, no ice on the trails), so I jumped on the chance to run... Read more

  Posted on 28 March 2014 DIARIES, FITNESS, SELF EXPRESSION

• 1k Miles!

  

  I hadn’t checked in a while, so I wasn’t watching my total mileage on Garmin Connect.So imagine my surprise when I was testing the site (which is sporadically... Read more

  Posted on 26 March 2014 DIARIES, FITNESS, SELF EXPRESSION

• 3/25 – Half Marathon Training

  

  After illness and injury, I finally got back on my training program schedule today for a run. Since I had to be down that direction anyway (and it is snowing... Read more

  Posted on 25 March 2014 DIARIES, FITNESS, SELF EXPRESSION

• 3/24 – Half Marathon Training

  

  Don’t let the sweet face fool you… this is one tough pacer! Another Monday, another day of cross-training rest. I’ve said it before, but it is still true: it... Read more

  Posted on 24 March 2014 DIARIES, FITNESS, SELF EXPRESSION

• March 4 Team Hoyt Charity Run

  

  Not pictured: trying to get my wife to dance with me during the run Greetings from the Bar145 March 4 Team Hoyt! This was perhaps the most singularly unique... Read more

  Posted on 24 March 2014 DIARIES, FITNESS, SELF EXPRESSION

• Training Updates

  

  For those of you playing our home game, you noticed I haven’t been doing daily posts every day this week. Between being sick and subsequently doing something... Read more

  Posted on 23 March 2014 DIARIES, FITNESS, SELF EXPRESSION

• An Unexpected Crown

  

  I feel like I should be hearing Queen’s “We Are the Champions”… I just got an email from Strava congratulating me on my course record for the Boardwalk Trail,... Read more

  Posted on 20 March 2014 DIARIES, FITNESS, SELF EXPRESSION

• 3/19 – Half Marathon Training

  

  This IT band issue has kept me from training for yet another day. I am growing annoyed, but I have hope that will be over soon. Each day it seems to be getting... Read more

  Posted on 19 March 2014 DIARIES, FITNESS, SELF EXPRESSION