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Airick

About Me

For the most part, I think I'm Forrest Gump. I like to do things. I run marathons. I play music. My favorite color is clear. I don't believe in race. Life is not just about the journey (although it's very important). When I was in 4th grade, I wanted to be an ichthyologist; I still kinda do. I like art, music, motorcycles, tattoo's, racing, physics, astronomy, mathematics, love, business, advertising & marketing, classic cars, M3's, 9+ ball bearning baitcasters, poetry, flourocarbon line, doing what I say I'm going to do (by when I say I'm going to do it), drinking with friends, occasionally drinking alone, deep complex red wine from Spain and incredible Bordeaux's, cheese (with or without wine), running at night, Detroit sports teams (except football because I couldn't care any less about football), making a difference, the deepest blues straight up in the sky at dusk, stocks, 4 & 5 star mutual funds and the markets all together.

My Interests

I'd like to meet:

I've met everyone I've ever wanted to meet with the exception of Pearl Jam & the Dalai Lama. It would have been pretty cool to meet Ibrahim Ferrer and the rest of those guys, but he's dead now.

My Blog

Were all up to something, arent we?

I thought this next blog would be about the marathon, but it's not. I went out for a maintenence run yesterday before work in the gorgeous weather.  I walked over to Diversey/Kimball/Milwaukee an...
Posted by on Wed, 09 Jan 2008 08:32:00 GMT

Ready... Set...

In about 126 hours, I will embark on a the final leg of a journey that has been roughly 8,000 hours in the making.  All of the nights I didn't drink.  All of the times I sucked it up and wen...
Posted by on Mon, 07 Jan 2008 21:07:00 GMT

Anything worth having...

                    ...is worth fighting for.                    &...
Posted by on Fri, 04 Jan 2008 00:11:00 GMT

Serendipity + Random = Another Incredible Thursday Night

So...  here's how it goes.   Thursday nights... as I've said, are the best nights of the week. Tonight, Haris & I had planned on going to Harlem Ave Lounge.  As we left work, we spe...
Posted by on Fri, 28 Dec 2007 02:05:00 GMT

29 Miler - Jacksonville Bank Marathon

For a)  I'm sitting in the Jacksonville Airport drinking beer. b)  I'm waiting to get on my flight (well, it's not mine... I don't own it) so I can go home to Chicago. c)  Tomorrow's my...
Posted by on Sun, 16 Dec 2007 11:48:00 GMT

Tulsa World Route 66 Marathon, Tulsa, OKAY

It's been a few weeks, I know, but I finally received last ingredients I needed to post this damn blog.  If you're blind and haven't noticed, I ran the Route 66 Marathon in Tulsa, OK (not to be c...
Posted by on Fri, 30 Nov 2007 16:32:00 GMT

New Toys!!!

So I suggested I'd be blogging about this and here it is!  Exciting new things in my life include:   4-6-8-10 Hour Rival Crock Pot  (Mmmmm... cooking while at work) Breadman Breadmaker&...
Posted by on Wed, 14 Nov 2007 09:44:00 GMT

24 Miler

Yesterday, I ran 24.26 miles (exactly... yes).  It's been a while since I've posted my heart rate information but that's because my watch has been out of comission. My pace for this run was...
Posted by on Sat, 27 Oct 2007 08:00:00 GMT

Thursday night is the best night of the week.

For the past 4 weeks in a row, I have been hiding out at what is the best kept blues secret in Chi-town.  There's this club called Harlem Avenue Lounge in Berwyn (Ogden & Harlem) at which som...
Posted by on Fri, 19 Oct 2007 00:37:00 GMT

What not to do before/during a 22 miler.

1)  Don't eat like shit between your 20 and 22 miler.  Once you start getting above 20 miles, diet is very important.  Mine for the past 3 weeks has been horrible.  Absolutely horr...
Posted by on Mon, 08 Oct 2007 01:55:00 GMT