Early Morning

Great five mile interval training run this morning. The gimpy back and wobbly knees held up pretty well and I got out early enough to very nearly beat the heat.  There is nothing quite a nice as starting a Saturday with a good run.

"The miracle isn't that I finished. The miracle is that I had the courage to start." 
John Bingham

And So, the Training Begins

Several members of our Sum Ergo Zoom team have already started their training for this year's Ragnar.  The new team website is almost ready to go live.  So, I guess it is high time for me to start getting serious about my own preparations.


Here we go. Let the adventure begin.

Run, Eat, Sleep, Repeat

Ragnar Relay Redeux

2011 Ragnar Relay

On November 4-5 we're running 200 miles across the state of Tennessee, in about 36 hours, with 12 runners and two support vans, all for one great cause.  Once again, "Team Sum Ergo Zoom" will be taking on the 2011 Ragnar Relay.  Just as we did last year, we will attempt to conquer unpredictable weather, the rugged mountains, the uncharted darkness, the pangs of hunger, and the waves of giddy sleeplessness to raise scholarship funds for worthy, needy students.  We hope to raise $20,000 above expenses--and we're crazy enough to put our bodies on the line in order to do so!


Won't you help us achieve our goal?  Would you please consider making a significant donation to Kings Meadow for the Chalmers Fund?  You can contribute either by sending your gift to King's Meadow directly or through our online site: Team Sum Ergo Zoom's Ragnar Relay

True Delight

“He does not delight in the strength of the horse; He does not take pleasure in the legs of a man. The Lord favors those who fear Him, Those who wait for His lovingkindness.” Psalm 147:10-11

How Does That Go Again?

Thirty days hath September,
April, June, and November;
February has twenty-eight alone,
All the rest have thirty-one,
Excepting leap-year, that's the time
When February's days are twenty-nine.

Uttermost 2011

Running with Hope

"If you are losing faith in human nature, go out and watch a marathon." Kathrine Switzer, Women's Marathoning Pioneer

National Running Day

Early Start at the Tom King 5K and Half

Out of the Box

Hilarious Ad for the New Tim Ferriss Book

Lance's Answer

So, Why Is It That We Run?

Sum Ergo Zoom

What we are called to do and what we are called to be ought not be hampered by financial limitations. Thus, the Chalmers Fund of the King's Meadow Study Center has been established to support substantive Christian discipleship and education though endowments, scholarships, and resource development from Franklin to the uttermost parts of the earth.

The Ragnar Relay is a 200-mile, 30-hour, run across Tennessee from Chattanooga to Nashville. Our twelve team members will be running in an effort to raise funds and awareness for the worthy and needy recipients of Chalmers Fund scholarships--particularly at Franklin Classical School and New College Franklin.

Really! 200 miles, 30 hours, 11 friends, in 2 vans, all to raise scholarships for worthy, needy students: surely that warrants your support! Visit our Sum Ergo Zoom project site to donate or help fundraise today!

Ragnar Relay

The 195-mile Ragnar Relay is a 12-person, 24-hour endurance adventure that runs along the Trail of Tears on November 5 and 6--starting in Chattanooga, along the Tennessee River, through, historic Lynchburg, into Franklin, and finally ending at the Country Music Hall of Fame in Nashville. Each runner takes three legs while his or her teammates rest, eat, sleep (or try to), and shuttle back and forth between relay stations all through the night.

The Chalmers Foundation, Franklin Classical School, and New College Franklin are currently putting together a team with the aim of not only completing the course but also raising support for a scholarship fund for worthy students with financial needs.

Livestrong Engine

At the Country Music Marathon

Phedippidations Wisdom

"I stand by the belief that anyone who runs and finishes a marathon, no matter what their time, has demonstrated an ability that marks them as athletically gifted within the human race. This is not to denigrate the importance or accomplishment of running or walking shorter distances such as a 5 or 10K road race; but in a world where only point one of one percent of our species has ever run an organized and official marathon road race to completion: the accomplishment deserves acknowledgement and admiration. But if you’ve qualified to run the Boston Marathon, you are a step above we mere mortals. You have proven that you are worthy of standing at a starting line in a town called Hopkinton to run with runners of similar abilities towards a finish line in downtown Boston marking your name for all time in the official races record book as one who set a BQ, a Boston Qualifying time: and that is an honor you must cherish for all your life." Steve "Runner" of the Phedippidations Podcast