Joe Nuss' Blog

How Deep is this Water?

Tuesday, 08 July 2008 00:00

43 MPH!!!

Thursday, 21 February 2008 00:00

Joe's Big Adventure

Monday, 11 February 2008 14:04

So, with a 4:12 Uwharrie Finish (for those that know how slow I am, I should clarify that's a 4:12 finish in the 20, not 8-mile race!) I am left with a huge gap between now and June 1, the date of the Kerr Lake Olympic Distance Triathlon, my next big race. What to do? What to do? My general line of thinking is a 5K in March then a 10K (the scariest of all distances for me... too short to go easy, too long to go hard) in April...

OR...

a REAL ultra.

Not that 20 miles at Uwharrie isn't tough, but technically, I don't think it's considered an ultra since it's less than 26.2 miles. So, maybe there's a nice 50K out there between now and June 1.

Could be my next BIG adventure!

Life at Endurance Magazine

Tuesday, 29 January 2008 12:05

I've heard that when a diver is hurting for air he might attempt to rip a regulator out of the first mouth he sees, so it's important to remain calm and control the situation if you see someone in need of air. The same holds true for laptops. Steve and I have been sharing the same power cord for our laptops all morning and the situation has been made even more difficult since our batteries are each one-year old and tend to die out quickly, not too mention give us faulty readings like "41 min (45% remaining)", which really means about 10 minutes of battery life. So, as one battery hits the red zone, we calmly switch the cord from one laptop to the other ensuring our work-survival. Just another day at the office here at Endurance.

Spirit of Marathon

Thursday, 24 January 2008 15:16

Just as I was talking about the Spirit of Marathon movie with Thys, Justin (our sales rep in Charlotte) e-mailed us a reminder about the one-time showing. How strange! Fortunately for me, I hear there is an encore presentation in February. Without any grandparents in town, it's going to take a little bit more than a few hours notice for me to get a sitter for tonight... not to mention that its already sold out at North Hills. So, I guess now is a good a time as ever to announce that I'm THINKING about running a marathon this spring. I'm still a little worried about the Uwharrie 20 since I DNF'd last year, but with all that base behind me, why not put in another month of training and knock out a spring marathon?