As part of a challenge from my friend Jason Weiss from the Houston area, I'm training to do a marathon at the end of summer. Jason is training for the half-marathon. We're planning on competing in the Presque Isle event on September 9. It's been over ten years and 50 pounds since I ran a marathon, so the goal is only to finish with under the minimum pace of 12:00 minutes per mile. We've got multiple ways of tracking our progress, including the Garmin Forerunner 305 GPS with heart rate monitor and Nike Plus kit. Here's a live summary of the training miles for this year:

Saturday, May 12, 2007 the Conneaut Valley LEO Club of the Conneaut Valley Lions will be sponsoring a dodgeball tournament at the Springboro Community Center. The tournament will consist of coed teams of six in two age divisions. The High-School Division is for grades 9-12 and ages 14-19. The High-School Division competes from 10 AM through Noon. The Youth Division is for grades 5-8 and ages 10-14. The Youth Division competes from 1 PM through 3 PM.

Competition will be double-elimination format and registration is limited to eight teams per division. There will be prizes to the winners of each age division and the $30 registration fee includes a pizza lunch. Lunch is served for both divisions during the Noon hour.

You must pre-register for the tournament. Registration slots will be filled in order by teams completing all of the registration forms and payment.

Don and Therese Wheaton on Dunn Valley Road with their champion filly Dittobay, 7 months old and already 475 pounds.

Therese Wheaton is living out her girlhood dream. Instead of waking up, she finds it just gets better.

"Many little girls love horses and most never got to do it, but it's something you never lose," said Wheaton. "I have just had the good fortune to live out that little childhood dream."

Welcome to Crystal Run in Springboro, PA!

Crystal Run is home to the Wheaton family, their national champion morab horses, and their businesses Crystal Environmental and Video Graphics. At last count, seven horses, eight ducks, four chickens, eight cats, and two collies call Crystal Run home.