Monthly Archives: September 2006

What’s Up With Gravatar.com?

2 Replies

I've had to disable the Gravatar plugin I use due to gravatar.com being down frequently. Anybody know what's become fubar over there?

Update 10/08/06:The Gravatar blog explains what the problem is.

A recent 50% increase in gravatar requests has pushed the current server to the limits, and response times have slowed accordingly. I have disabled signup and login while I migrate the database to the Gravatar 2.0 schema and setup the new and improved gravatar servers.

Once Gravatar 2.0 is operational, I’ll re-enable the plugin.

2006 Run Shadyside 5K

1 Reply

On Saturday I ran in the 2nd Annual Run Shadyside 5K. I beat my previous best 5K by 2:30! My new PR (according to my stopwatch) is 24:30 (24:36, officially). Perhaps a sub-55:00 Great Race 10K is within reach after all. 🙂 I placed 154/371 overall and 29/37 among 25-29 males.

Update 09/20/06: One of my running buddies from WPTC (who finished fifth in this race) measured the course with a calibrated measuring wheel and found it to be only 3 miles long, rather than 3.1. That means my pace was actually 8:10 and I would have run a full 5K in 25:19. I didn't break 25 minutes after all (which was my goal). This sucks. 🙁