Posts from ‘August, 2009’

As my last post indicated, I went through a pretty tough workout last monday. I took tuesday off, wrote the draft for the Nippert stairs blog post, and went to bed. Wednesday morning at about 5 am, I woke up with terrible stomach pain, and I assumed that the medium rare burger I had made [...]

On Monday I went to tackle one of the more grueling workouts I put myself through…the stairs at Nippert Stadium.
With 26 flights of 59 stairs a piece, running up and down the aisles is almost masochistic. Which is why I smiled when I pulled up on my bike and looked out to see a handful [...]

I hike up into Mt. Adams fairly often, and I love looking back into the downtown basin from all over the hill. Every time I cross the Ida St bridge I look back at the vast expanse that is “Broadway Commons.” I came to this city a little late for the stadium debate, but having [...]

As noted, I thoroughly enjoy my time here in Downtown Cincinnati. Being close to almost every service I need, walking to work, endless food choices etc. That does not mean it’s all peaches and cream down here. With that I bring you my new segment, A Case of the Monday’s, where I bitch about something [...]

Coming up this Friday is The Downtown Dash a 5k run, cornhole tournament, and block party, all happening around St. Xavier Church downtown. This should be a fun event, and  great way to kick off your weekend. As an afternoon runner, this is my style of event (I’ll bitch in later posts about most races [...]