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Chris Cast 010410 – Marathon training starts

Yes, Dawn and I are planning to complete a marathon. Crazy huh?

Chris Cast 120809 – Lombardi Awards and wedding gifts

1:07 Shooting from Houston at the site of the annual Rotary Lombardi Awards

Reflections on a biking boo boo

I crashed my bike the other day – okay, crash may be a bit hyperbolic. I did have a mishap, but it was nothing serious. I was heading up a sketchy hill with a lot of loose gravel and just as I was thinking, “I should clip out,” I was on the ground before I [...]

These clothes make everyone look good!

I’ve managed to keep dropping the weight despite some trips to the “fattest city in America.” Houston, Texas. At last weigh-in, I was 208 pounds – a full 32 down from when I moved to San Marcos. I only recently started to actually do strenuous workouts. Up until now, it has all been about 1) [...]

Must be a heck of a distraction

For the first time in at least a dozen or more years, the first of the Grand Tours (cycling’s big three races) has came and nearly gone without my noticing. Usually, the Giro d’Italia is my warm-up to the Tour de France. Often the drama is more riveting and, at times, the performances are more [...]

Slowly, but surely

Posts like the previous one may be why I keep losing weight. Yes, I have dropped another pound and not sit at 216. This is the lowest in – hell, I can’t remember how long. As you may remember, when I moved to San Marcos just over a year ago, I weighed in at my [...]

Good things happening on several fronts

Seems that everything is coming up roses – well, not everything, but even those things that are lagging behind are moving in the right direction. First off the cycling. I now have less than 900 miles to log on my bike before I reach 20,000 lifetime miles. That’s kind of cool. Another thing (and one [...]

Cycle Cast 042009

For the first time, you get some video shot during the ride. I take you on a tour of the city park and some of the Texas State University campus.

Cycling Cast 041309

Chris heads to the wild area that connects Prospect Park and Lower Purgatory to cure his EDD (Environmental Deficit Disorder)

Cycling Cast 041009

The weather cools down and Chris sends out an Easter message.