Weekly Geeks 2009-04: Passions beside reading and blogging

This week’s questions are (abbreviated):

#1. What are you passionate about besides reading and blogging? Post photos.

#2. Get us involved. Link to anything that will help us learn more about your interest or how to do your hobby.

#3. Visit other Weekly Geeks. Link in your post to other Geeks who’ve peaked your interest in their passion. Or maybe you might find a fellow aficionado among us, link to them.

No. 1: Besides reading and blogging, probably one of the things about which I’m most passionate is running/jogging/walking/hiking. I began running in February 2004 and haven’t looked  back since (well, except for a medical issue along the way that sidelined me and just a lack of enthusiasm recently). The highlight thus far was in September 2007 when I completed a 25-mile trail hike called the Bald Eagle Mountain Megatransect.

My goal since the beginning was to run a marathon by the time I’m 40. On June 6, 2009, three days before my 40th birthday, I will do that, as I run in the God’s Country Marathon near where I live.

No. 2: A good starting place to learn about running is Runner’s World; hiking, Backpacker; walking, most of us do this anyway, no resource required.

No. 3: I’m not going to lie and say that I’ve found a lot that’s piqued my interest, among my fellow Geeks. I’m not much into crotcheting, knitting or cooking (I like microwave pizzas, does that count? and microwave popcorn).

However, I did find a few others with similar interests to mine: Suey @ It’s All About Books with her family’s interest in geocaching, which incorporates hiking; Angela @ A Cerebal Accumulation with her interest in hiking, among a wide variety of interests, including sewing (not so much, sorry, Angela ; and Nymeth @ things mean a lot with her interest in hiking as well, despite not having a lot of trails near where she lives (she ought to come visit us in northcentral Pennsylvania, we have plenty).