Courtenay Brown

I am currently in the Apple Store in Reno, waiting for my genius appointment, monopolizing one of their display laptops, and fending off dirty looks... So, perfect time to post my Highly Detailed and Fascinating Race Report!Silverman was an incredible race. It is the only half-iron distance race I have ever done, so I have nothing to compare it to, but it really felt like a true test that pushed racers to their limits while taking them through some amazing scenery. I am already planning to return next year, and break my course record ;)Which should be a reasonable expectation, considering that my swim should be much better by this time next year. I ...

I am feeling highly melodramatic, and for that I apologize, additionally I apologize for my long break from blogger, BUT:1. I won Silverman! I won I won I won! It was awesome! Half-marathons sure are hard, especially after a few hours in the water and on the bike, but somehow even though I am still in pain from the race, I am still even MORE excited about how cool it was. I can't wait for next year.2. Right now though it's back to the mundane...3. I am actually sitting at a public computer at the Incline Village rec center4. BECAUSE my stupid laptop finally up and died this weekend.5. So ...

This is my first time in Vegas. Going from this:through this:to this:...was a somewhat eye-opening progression. Or a depressing one, I guess. This country has such beautiful, beautiful things, and Vegas is not one of them. For one thing, the light pollution at night was visible from 170 miles away. I knew ...

Nathan O'Neill gets busted for prescription diet drug Phentermine..Why does he have a prescription for an appetite suppressant in the first place? He gets too celebratory at Krispy Kreme after all his stage race wins or something? I am curious to hear how this gets spun.

(the cartoon, that is) (our greg's cat already does this)Tomorrow I will be back to my own creations.

Yesterday turned out to be a perfect day to declare myself "sick" and stay inside in front of the TV all day.It started out with the NYC Marathon highlights. Paula Radcliffe took off at 1 mile, shadowed by Gete Wami, and they ran 1-2 the entire way. With a half mile to go it looked like Wami was going to pimp Radcliffe for the win... I found a grainy cell-phone video on YouTube, it's not the best quality but it was still an amazing race to watch!Then it was time for the Patriots-Colts game. At this time, my resident sports expert informed ...

I have a sitemeter on my blog. It's a good stalking tool sometimes, and a good time-wasting tool a lot of times. I like to see how people are referred to my blog - the vast majority are via Vanderhoot, but the interesting ones are the hits that come via google searches. Sitemeter tells you what the search terms were when someone hits your blog off of a search engine. I've been keeping tabs on these for a little while, but this topic didn't become blog-worthy until today... Just read the whole list:- grabbing cat's tail- latin school motto- the one time I got a word in- party flashers- what ...

Courtesy of a post-race participant survey from a race with Toyota as the primary sponsor: When you purchase your next vehicle, how likely are you to consider a vehicle with Hybrid Synergy Drive? - Probably Consider - Possibly Consider - Might Consider - Probably Won't ConsiderI'm sorry, but since when does totally wussified survey language offer anyone any insight to what consumer's might think? "Possibly Consider"?? Yeah. I'll consider it. Sure, why not. Maybe I'd ...

and, because my favourite positivity-espousing teammate succeeding in having a positive effect on me, here's version 2: