Saturday morning was the annual MTU Cross Country fundraiser. They put on the "Muck Run" up at the Tech Trails. As it is close to halloween, many people dress up in costumes to race. They have awards for the best costume and the muddiest runner. I decided that this would be a fun race to do. I didn't wear a costume, though. I also found a group of people who were running and we formed a team. The weather was on the cold side, but once the race started it was alright. I have seen many creative ways of starting a race, but this is the first race I have ran where they lit a firecracker and threw it on the ground in place of the starting pistol. The course was deceptively easy for the first two miles. The third mile, however, consisted of some pretty brutal hills (at least for a person who is used to flat terrain like I am). At the two mile mark, I was on pace for a time in the 18 minute range, but after the last mile I had racked up a time of 20:22. Everyone had relatively slow times because of the challenging course. Our team ended up running well enough to win the team race. Below are some pictures of the run.
Later that day was another annual event called Safe House. This is when the residence halls are converted into haunted houses and the public is allowed to tour. I helped with the setup and operation of my hall's "gamer's nightmare" theme. It's amazing how much difference can be done to the hall in about two hours. I hear Ashby's hall was very well done. I wish I could have gone through it, but I was busy working on my own hall. All in all it was a very busy and very fun day.
Our winning team.
Everyone getting ready to start.
Me coming to the top of the final hill.
Our winning team.
Everyone getting ready to start.
Me coming to the top of the final hill.
4 comments:
Your illustrated blogposts are top notch, Dan. I really need to improve my multimedia skills.
While researching a recent post, I discovered online services that let you make free slideshows (with animation and sound effects) to embed in your blog. I think all of these are free:
Animoto
Sony BMG Musicbox video mashups
Slideroll
Smilebox
Thanks.
My first instinct for inserting a slide show in a blog would be to use a video. It occurs to me, however, that the services you mention likely offer better resolution than is available with a video. I'll have to try them out if I ever want to do a slide show.
You're right. Video would be preferable. The sites I listed are probably designed for people like me who don't have video cameras. The Sony site lets you add your own image files to commercial music videos to create mashups.
I might try one of these services in November during National Blog Posting Month.
Happy Halloween!
I'll have to try one of them the next time I have several photos to post. Most of the time I don't have a video, but a slide show might be nice.
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