Finally, St. Louis Spring is here! I love spring time on campus, the blooming trees and floors give off the best smell and people are starting to come out in the quad in droves. The bad part is that this is crunch time for most students so while we want to be lounging around, such [...]

This week was a little odd:
First the Midwest was struck by an earthquake…No, I am not kidding. Apparently it was 5.4 on the Richter scale. I unfortunately slept through it (probably due to the fact that I sleep on the top bunk, and I simply assumed the shaking was my roommate having a really bad [...]

Two amazing things happened this past week:
First, my good friend Kevin Crookshank and I competed in the St. Louis Marathon, completing 26.2 miles in a time of 3:54:59.
This is a shot of the start of the race with my good friend Kevin who ran the entire race with me. Notice how happy we are:

This is [...]

The St. Louis Marathon starts tomorrow morning at 7, and I am suffering from pre-race jitters. I have been training for several months now and am physically ready for the race. But last year’s fiasco has left me a little timid about the race.
After being inspired by my father, who ran half-marathons during his four [...]