Jen and I went sky diving while we were in Nevada and had the best time. We both jumped tandem from 12,000 feet and I’m totally addicted now! I looked into the cost of parachutes but the damn things are $5000. I’m not willing to sell one of my racing bikes, so I guess the…
I passed my certification exam! I took a group study course in early 2010 when I finally decided to sit for this exam, and managed to pass a year later after studying for only two weekends. Maybe that wasn’t the best approach, but whatever. The Senior Professional Human Resources (SPHR) exam is a three-hour 200-question…
My wife and I have never been very good about taking vacations. I’ve always been somewhat jealous of my mother and her husband who block out a week each fall to get away to the mountains and spend their time doing absolutely nothing at all. To some extent, I think that I would be bored…
I competed in the inaugural Ironman 70.3 Miami half-Iron distance triathlon on October 30, 2010 in downtown Miami, Florida. This race would be my second WTC/Ironman event of the four half- and full-Iron distance events I’ve raced in the past two years. The race was plagued with problems starting well before race day and certainly…
As I sit here redesigning davidcarr.org, it dawns on me that I kind of wish I had captured a screen shot of each previous generation of the site. It would be neat to see the transition/improvement across time. I have all the backups (I think) from the past 12 years.. I guess I could pull…
Introduction I chose Beach2Battleship in Wilmington, NC as the venue for my first Iron distance triathlon based on a number of factors. First, the location is much less likely to experience hot weather on race day, as opposed to Ironman Florida, which is on the same date. The course is known to be more or…
On October 3 and 4, I will be cycling more than 170 miles to raise money to fight Multiple Sclerosis. Formally called the MS-150 Ride, this event starts in Jacksonville and takes cyclists down to Daytona, where they stay overnight before heading back the following day. This is my first time doing the event as…
I chose the Gulf Coast Triathlon as my first half-Ironman event, mostly because several friends from my triathlon club were also doing it. The event is held in Panama City Beach, Florida near Pensacola. I’m from Florida, so I’m not sure why I didn’t think about the fact that this is a race in a…
Yesterday was the 2009 Katie Ride for Life, a cycling event for novices to serious riders to participate and raise funds to increase awareness of the importance of organ and tissue donation and encourage Floridians to make a positive decision about donation. It offers several courses, ranging from 31-miles (50 kilometer) to 100 miles. I…
Jennifer and I ran the Gate River Run this year, for our third time. We had a great time, both running very good times and enjoying the post-race hours with friends. Jennifer set a new personal record this year of 1:53, whereas I ran about the same time as I did in 2008. There was…