We Paid Off Our Mortgage And Hit Baby Step 7!

Last month, we decided to pay off our mortgage. It wasn’t an easy decision. By the way, no, that’s that’s not a picture of our house, silly! That’s just a stock photo. I wouldn’t put a picture of our house on the internet. I only put up all of our finances for the world to … Read more

2021 Year-End Financial Summary and Life Updates

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Wow, we’re at the end of 2021 already! Here is my year-end financial summary. I’m doing these financial updates twice a year now (semiannually) to keep track of my progress. This is the year we finally became millionaires (read that post here). After over 5 years of hard work and tracking that goal, we eclipsed … Read more

November 2021: Update #5 on my 5 Minute Mile Goal

This is the 5th monthly update on my goal to run a 5 minute mile (see post here). I’ll keep track of my training and progress here. Training For the most part, I neglected my speed training this month. Instead, I ran a 50k and a half marathon. With the cold weather, the holiday season, and … Read more

Potomac Heritage Trail 50k Race Report (2021)

I ran a trail ultramarathon (50k) this past weekend. I ran this same one in 2019 and wrote a much more detailed race report then (2019 Race Report), so I’ll keep this one short. I got very lost in 2019 but only a little bit lost this time. Staying with a couple other runners helped … Read more

October 2021: Update #4 on my 5 Minute Mile Goal

This is the 4th monthly update on my goal to run a 5 minute mile (see post here). I’ll keep track of my training and progress here. Training For some reason, this was an extremely busy month. I’ve been able to get a bunch of easy 5 mile runs in, but I haven’t really done any … Read more

Fall Classic 10k (at One Loudoun) Race Report

Yesterday, my twin brother and I ran the Fall Classic 10k in One Loudoun. The race was organized by Potomac River Running (prraces.com). They have many races throughout the year all over northern Virginia and always do a good job (chip timing, volunteers, blocking off roads, snacks, drinks, sponsors, etc.) I ran this same race … Read more