Thinking inside the boxThinking inside the boxBike The Drive 2007- May 31, 2007 Got the whole family out Sunday morning for the annual Bike The Drive in Chicago. The weather looked unfriendly, but behaved as rain stayed away under gray skies (before the day turned into a screamer of a sunny day, very fitting for a holiday). All in all a nice outing, the weather notwithstanding, and we ended the afternoon at a Chicago Fire soccer game.http://dirk.eddelbuettel.com/blog/2007/05/30#bike_the_drive_2007 JPM Chase Corporate Challenge 2007- May 29, 2007 Last Thursday was the 2007 edition of the JP Morgan Chase Corp. Challenge. Record crowd of almost 23000 in Chicago's Grant Park. Just like last year, I didn't try hard enough to be closer to the starting line. Which means that one ends up running more or less zig-zag for some time. Oh well, my hand-stopped 22:17 is still pretty close to the PR from two years ago. Overall once again a really nice event, and we managed to have more folks from work show up, both to run, and to have a cold one or..http://dirk.eddelbuettel.com/blog/2007/05/29#jpm_chase_cc_2007 |