Craig - ProfilesArchive

About Me

Here's what I like: Live music. Talented songwriters who can sing. Endurance races (triathlons, marathons, century rides), travel, art, Austin TX, microbrews (brown beer especially), malbecs and carmeneres, Neil Diamond impersonators, the Doyle & Debbie Show, Habitat for Humanity, Sunchips on road trips, pimiento cheese from Bread & Co., tackling huge hills on the bike, Patty Griffin albums, the movie ONCE, New York City for a few days, classic Alfred Hitchcock films, Oregon, watching babies eating limes, Cayamo Cruise '08, Brick Store Pub in Decatur Ga., figuring out how I'm going to see Idaho and wondering what to do while I'm there, etc.

My Interests

I'd like to meet:

Music people. Active people. Friendly people.

Music:

I like to put my favorite musicians in my Top 8 (or Top 12 sometimes). Some of my favorites are Patty Griffin, Josh Rouse, Griffin House, Trisha Yearwood, Fleetwood Mac, Shawn Colvin and Teddy Thompson, but I have many, many more. I am always in search of a great song.

Movies:

If I go out to see a movie, it's probably at the Belcourt. Their series of Janus films is remarkable so far.

Books:

I learned to cook from Mark Bittman's How to Cook Everything a few years ago, starting at the first chapter and working my way through it, and I highly recommend it to any aspiring cook. I also liked Dean Karnazes' biography, Ultra Marathon Man.

Heroes:

Patty Griffin, for saying so much in so few words and for knowing the power of hope. Giada di Laurentiis, for making it easy to cook Italian Everyday. And anybody who can do an Ironman, because that's an extraordinary feat -- 2.4 mile swim, 112 bike, 26.2 run. Can you even imagine? Maybe someday...

My Blog

The Marathon is Over!

Hooray! I have completed my first official marathon! I ran it four hours, 23 minutes (approximately), and all were 10-minute miles, like clockwork, except for one, when I started to feel nauseous and ...
Posted by Craig on Mon, 22 Oct 2007 08:15:00 PST

Hood to Coast 2007 - The 197-Mile Running Adventure

Every few hours during Hood to Coast 2007, the famous annual relay held in Oregon the last weekend in August, I'd find myself uttering the same phrase in astonishment: "This race is really something."...
Posted by Craig on Tue, 28 Aug 2007 09:48:00 PST

Century Ride Update Success!

Hey everybody, I did it! One hundred miles over three mountains! And at the end of the ride on Saturday, I felt like a million bucks. My goal (although it is a ride and not a race) was to complete the...
Posted by Craig on Mon, 07 May 2007 08:20:00 PST

Century Ride Update - April 30, 2007

Remember, please come celebrate with me at Boscos in Hillsboro Village at 5 pm on Sunday evening. I'll show you my medal and my bruises. It's true, I've been getting banged up a lot. Last weekend, whi...
Posted by Craig on Mon, 30 Apr 2007 07:43:00 PST

Century Ride Update -- April 16, 2007

OK, folks, first things first I am celebrating the completion of the 3-State-3-Mountain century ride at Boscos in Hillsboro Village on Sun., May 6, at 5 p.m. Please come if you can. Nothing fancy, j...
Posted by Craig on Mon, 16 Apr 2007 09:43:00 PST

Century Ride Update - March 27, 2007

Hey everybody, Only 40 days to go! On Sunday we traveled to Van Buren County (near McMinnville, Tenn.) for a course with two mountains in the first 25 miles. Up until now, when I have thought a...
Posted by Craig on Tue, 27 Mar 2007 09:28:00 PST

Century Ride Update - March 6, 2007

Hey everybody, All this riding is starting to pay off! As you may know, my team has built our base with long, outdoor rides every weekend since November, and that strong foundation saved the day on ou...
Posted by Craig on Tue, 06 Mar 2007 10:17:00 PST

Century Ride Update Feb. 20, 2007

Hey everybody, At last, my team may be riding outside again starting this weekend, now that the weather is starting to warm up. Woo hoo! For two weekends in February I was confined to a stationary bi...
Posted by Craig on Tue, 20 Feb 2007 08:41:00 PST

Century Ride Update Feb. 6, 2007

As you may know, I am preparing for a 100-mile bike ride on May 5 in Chattanooga and raising money through Team in Training. Here's the site: http://www.active.com/donate/tnttn/Shelburne2007 Ther...
Posted by Craig on Wed, 07 Feb 2007 09:47:00 PST