Worst Race T-Shirt Ever

I think that it is safe to say that for most runners one of the most exciting parts of a race is the unveiling of the free t-shirt. The "free-ness" of the shirt is a topic for another blog. The t-shirt that I got last week has to be near the top of the worst free t-shirts of all time. The logo was created by a professional graphics company (which will go unnamed) whose motto is "We Get it Right. Guaranteed." Sorry to say but you weren't even close. I would like to go back in time when the designer walked in to the bosses office with his/her final draft. Both of them stare at the logo for a minute or two and then the boss says, "This is just what I think those runners are looking for. Great job!"

I Can Tri

That's the the name of the triathlon that I did today (I Can Tri). It was a really fun experience, even though I am dead tired right now. The swim was 1/4th of a mile. The bike was 9 miles. And the run was 3 miles with one VERY steep hill. I am not a great swimmer and that was the farthest I have ever swam (grammar?) without stopping. Out of 238 participants I placed 167th on the swim portion. I did a lot better at the bike and run and ended finishing 31st overall. Anyway, it was a lot of fun and I plan on doing more!






Me Before the Race at the transition area







I was the 2nd to last person to enter the pool






And you call this fun?





Transistion








Who needs a sports photographer
when you have a great wife?










And run to the finish

My Lil' Cutie

My Yard

I wish that I had a before and after picture because it would make my yard all the more cool!

Like a Kid on Christmas

I got my new camera yesterday. They tried delivering it on Friday but I wasn't home so they left a note that said they would try on Monday between the hours of 10:30 am and 2 p.m. I thought that I would miss them again because Cory was in town and we went fishing on the Provo River in the morning. I got home about 12:45 p.m. and still no note from the delivery man. I had to leave for work at 1:40 and thought for sure he would come by then. 1:45 and still no UPS truck. I waited until 1:50 and decided that I better go to work. As I pulled out of my parking space, I could here the joyful rumble of the big brown truck. So, I was overjoyed to get the package. The only problem is that my memory card was supposed to be in my PO box today (tracking info says delivered on Monday) but it wasn't there. Hopefully tomorrow I will be able to post a picture of my beautiful backyard!

Summer 2008

Hi Everbody

I am interested to see if anyone even looks at my blog anymore. I am pretty excited though because Mel and I are getting a new camera on Monday. We are going to take a ton of pictures and I'll post them on the blog. Mel and I are just hanging out and working this summer. We are contemplating moving to Montana, but that is a story for another blog.

My big accomplishment of early summer is that I grew a yard. We live in a ghetto apartment and the tiny backyard was equally ghetto. It was piled full of weeds, broken dryers, and dead mice. (Side note: I took the dryer, which was literally falling apart/rusty/sure it didn't work, and I put it by our trash. It was gone within 5 hours and it wasn't the garbage man that took it). Anyway, I weeded the yard and planted grass. Now our backyard is awesome! I'll take a picture on Monday and post it.

Mission Accomplished

We did it!!! Susan, Joel and I, as most of you already know from the more regular bloggers, all finished the St. George Marathon this past Saturday. We finished relatively close to each other with Susan finishing first with an approximate time of 4:24. I finished next with a time of 4:31 and Joel finished with a time of 4:38. It was one of the most fun things I have ever did. There is something to keep your attention the whole 26 miles. Everything from bleeding nipples to people in Mickey Mouse hats to the guy that has looked like he's going to fall over for the last 10 miles. It was a great experience and I know that I'll run another marathon in the future.

p.s. I plan on blogging more regularly because I've learned that not blogging is the easiest way to get kicked out of my family.