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Bring it On

Adventures in Daily Life, running, riding, swimming, and the outdoors.

Author: Pete Githens

I read the "About Me" pages and it seems like most people have a lot better story than me. I'm kinda average really. Just a 50 something dude with a lot of life experience. I grew up in a rural setting, somehow wound up living in a Suburban development and working in a very corporate office every day for the last 30 years. I'm not sure how that happened. I'm an unapologetic hunter and fisherman as well as a birder, naturalist, camper, runner, cyclist, and (maybe formerly) a triathlete. Those athletic things only started a few years ago when I was inspired (read that as horrified) by a picture my wife snapped of me at an archery tournament. I had the biggest belly there. I love to write as well. I think the biggest disappointment for my Mom was that I did not pursue a career in writing but as a young man I had no idea how one went about earning a living writing. Now I entertain myself by prattling on and on via my blogs about my everyday adventures.

Time to Become Accountable

I stared incredulously at the picture before me. I couldn’t believe what I was seeing. The photo in question was … More

Accountability, Cycling, Fitness, Half-Marathon, Healthy Living, Life, Lifestyle, Marathon, Running, Triathlon

Glocking Around Again

I stood on the line, bow in hand, arrow nocked, fingers trembling on the handle of my release. The occasion … More

9mm, Glock, GSSF, Guns, Shooting

Suddenly, it’s 2023!

Wasn’t it just the beginning of 2022? Wasn’t I just in PT with Taylored Physical Therapy once again rehabbing my … More

Cycling, Fitness, Half-Marathon, Healthy Living, Life, Lifestyle, Marathon, Running, Triathlon, Walking

Bang! Clang!

When former President Bill Clinton left the White House prior to the inauguration of incoming President George W. Bush, the … More

9mm, Glock, Pistol, Shooting, ShootSteel

Thoughts from a Gun User

This isn’t going to be a cute little anecdote from life. There is nothing cute or funny about the recent … More

Guns, Life, Shooting

Getting my Glock on with GSSF

Bang! Bang! Clang! Bang! Clang! (Pete you are losing it. You already wrote that blog post.) But this was different. … More

Firearms, Glock, GSSF, Guns, Shooting

Deer Hunters: Use A Safety Harness!

The doe cocked her ears toward me and stared hard. There was something in the tree that wasn’t supposed to … More

Bowhunting, Hunting, Treestand Safety

Peter’s Laws of Hanging Deer Stands

You’ve no doubt heard of the infamous Murphy’s Law where “Anything that can go wrong, will go wrong”. Well, I … More

Archery, Bowhunting, Hunting, Outdoors

Dear New Runners . .

As I approached the end of the first half of the 2012 Philadelphia marathon, I looked longingly at the finish … More

Fitness, Half-Marathon, Lifestyle, Marathon, Running, Sports, Triathlon

Surgery: Was it Successful?

I noticed the new message request in Facebook messenger as I perused the daily pictures of people’s dinners, cats, and … More

Cycling, Fitness, Half-Marathon, Healthy Living, Lifestyle, Marathon, Running, Sports Hernia, Triathlon

Springing Ahead to Spring Running

“What a disaster. This seems to be one let down after another. Will it never end?” These were my thoughts … More

Fitness, Half-Marathon, Healthy Living, Lifestyle, Marathon, Running, Triathlon

MLB: I don’t even know you anymore

I sat in the dark on the back porch listening to bull frogs and crickets with one ear and the … More

Baseball, Life, Lifestyle, Sports

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