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The London Marathon Pays Tribute To The Victims Of The Boston Marathon Bombing

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Posted by: Trent on April 21, 2013| 4 Comments

The 2013 London Marathon took place earlier today in jolly old England and, thankfully, the event went off without a hitch. Today’s marathon was the first major race to take place in the world following the events of the deadly Boston Marathon bombing that took place last Monday. While security was beefed up for today’s race, it sounds like the event ran about as smoothly as possible. Ethiopian Tsegeye Kebede won the men’s elite race by finishing the 26.2 mile course in 2 hours and 6 minutes (!!!) while Priscah Jeptoo of Kenya won the women’s elite race. Before anything got underway today, a poignant and respectful moment of silence was observed for the victims of the Boston Marathon bombing. Click below to see a few photos from today’s exciting event. More »

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Dopey Challenge Accepted

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Posted by: Trent on April 9, 2013| 10 Comments

OK, y’all … I went and OFFICIALLY lost my mind. As you may recall, back in January I decided to run the 2013 Goofy Race and a Half Challenge at Walt Disney World in Orlando, FL which was made up of the WDW Half Marathon on Saturday and the WDW Full Marathon on Sunday … back to back days — a total of 39.3 miles. Next year, WDW is taking things to the next level by introducing the inaugural Dopey Challenge … which is made up of a 5K race on Thursday, a 10K race on Friday, the half marathon on Saturday and the full marathon on Sunday … on BACK TO BACK DAYS for a total of 48.6 miles. Registration for the race opened up today and, well, I’m an idiot. More »

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My Anniversary Race

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Posted by: Trent on April 7, 2013| 15 Comments

Yesterday morning I ran the 2nd annual Hollywood Half Marathon and I am happy to report that it was a much better run than I was expecting. Because of my crazy schedule lately coupled with my infamous laziness, I did absolutely no training for yesterday’s run. The last time I ran at all was the LA Marathon last month. I haven’t been eating properly and I had a hard time getting to sleep on Friday night so I woke up Saturday morning feeling REALLY UNPREPARED to run 13.1 miles. I somehow found the strength within to get the job done and I finished with a pretty decent time. The 5K portion of the Hollywood Half Marathon was the first race I ever ran last year so I was very proud of myself that I was able to upgrade and run the complete half marathon this year. More »

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From The Stadium To The Sea

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Posted by: Trent on March 18, 2013| 13 Comments

Yesterday I successfully ran the 2013 LA Marathon that took me and 24,000 others on a 26.2 mile excursion thru the streets of Los Angeles. To say it was one of the coolest things I’ve ever done would be an understatement. To say that it was one of the most difficult things I’ve ever done would also be an understatement. The day was a mixture of pain and pleasure, the likes of which I never thought I’d experience. As you may know, yesterday’s run was my third marathon since December and let me tell you right now … I’m SO HAPPY that I survived :D My day started really, really early Sunday morning which meant it ended fairly early as well. Click below to see some photos and hear about my pretty excellent day. More »

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One Day Away

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Posted by: Trent on March 16, 2013| 2 Comments

Tomorrow morning I will be running the LA Marathon for the first time ever and to prepare for the big day, I made my way downtown to the LA Convention Center to pick up my race bib and other race essentials. Tomorrow’s marathon will be my third marathon and, hopefully, it’ll be the most fun. Except for my excursion downtown, I kept things nice and quiet yesterday … I even fell asleep before 10PM. Crazy, I know. I’ve been doing everything I can to conserve energy for tomorrow’s race … today, I will eat and eat and eat as much as I can ahead of the big day tomorrow. Needless to say, I think today will be another quiet one for me. More »

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The Cork Town 5K

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Posted by: Trent on March 11, 2013| Leave a comment

Yesterday morning my friends and I made our way to Cork Town in Downtown Detroit, MI to run the 31st annual Cork Town Race. Yesterday’s race was the main reason for my quick trip home to Detroit so, needless to say, we were all very excited to get ‘er done. Each year, Detroit holds their St. Patrick’s Parade on the weekend before St. Patrick’s Day so that the Irish bars and pubs around town get to celebrate (and make big money) twice a year. At the conclusion of the race, the parade took part … but because my travel plans interfered, I had to miss out on the parade and get my buns to the airport for my return home to LA. Even still, we had a lot of fun yesterday morning at the race … click below to see some photos. More »

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The ‘Ultimate’ 10K

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Posted by: Trent on February 10, 2013| 5 Comments

Earlier today I participated in the Live Ultimate Run 10K race in Santa Monica, CA as a kinda last minute thing. I was supposed to be in Aspen, CO this weekend for a surprise birthday party celebration for my friend Josh’s 40th … but, because he broke his collarbone, we weren’t sure if he’d be up for making the trip. It turns out he wasn’t so, we decided to postpone the trip. Because my weekend freed up, I was able to run this 10K. It was the first run since the Surf City Half Marathon last weekend so I treated the 6 miles as a recovery run :) The weather was perfect, the scenery was amazing … it was a really fun run. More »

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Surf’s Up

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Posted by: Trent on February 4, 2013| 6 Comments

Whew! Yesterday was a very long, very active day … mostly. I woke up before dawn to make my way down to Huntington Beach, CA to run the 2013 Surf City Half Marathon. After a 2 hour and 3 minute run (not my fastest half marathon but my second fastest), I made my way back to LA to grab brunch at Mauro’s Cafe at Fred Segal with my friend Lisa who is visiting from NYC. From there I made my way downtown to attend Ollie & Caleb’s Super Bowl Party … where I promptly melted into the couch to finally relax a bit. I did have fun, from morning to well after dark. More »

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Furniture Field Of Dreams

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Posted by: Trent on January 20, 2013| 9 Comments

Yesterday was a very fun, very productive day. I met up with Steph and Alek, who I’ve been joined at the hip with for a few days now, for a fun day of furniture shopping that turned out to be way more amazing than I thought it would. The guys have been telling me about a huge furniture store called H.D. Buttercup since they knew I’ve been in the market for a leather club chair. I finally agreed to go with them and OMG, I fell IN LOVE with that place. I picked up a few amazing pieces for my home at pretty good prices too. Afterward, we grabbed dinner and then went to the movies … which, all in all, turned out to be a really fab Saturday. More »

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Is Zack Snyder Making A New, Original ‘Star Wars’ Film?

Like, A Different 'Star Wars' Film OUTSIDE of the New Trilogy?!
Posted by: Trent on January 15, 2013| 2 Comments

So … back in October we learned that George Lucas was selling the Star Wars franchise to Disney for a cool $4 billion bucks. Almost immediately after that news was reported, we learned that plans are in the works to start production on a new trilogy of films that will reportedly pick up where the last 2 trilogies left off. Today we are hearing that director Zack Synder has been approached to begin work on an entirely new film that will take place within the Star Wars universe but will NOT be included in the new trilogy … that is, apparently, while one set of new films is being developed on one hand, Disney is developing an entirely other Star Wars film as well. Huh. More »

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