weekend

Well this weekend was a rather busy one with plenty of fun, sweat, and blood. Thursday was softball night where we finally won our first game of the season... thank you jesus!! I was promoted (demoted) to third base where all the action was and the field kinda ate up my elbow. The girls played awesome that night and it was great to see people succeeding and having a good time. Friday was a cookout at mama Cindy's and of course things got a little out of hand. Me and Kyson went out a little early and did some lumberjacking before the party got started. Amber and Brandon where also at the party and Brandon got to meet the whole family and I think he had quite the experience. As usual drinking led to some more drinking which led to religion and eventually politics, which led to a catastro-fuck. However, I did get to drive a motorcycle for the first time and now I've officially got the bug (it's quite likely all elders will disown me if in fact a motorcycle ever falls into my posession.

This morning we had THE QC 1/2 marathon which went fantastic. I was shooting for a 2:10 finish and came in with an official time of 2:02:02. Shannan finished shortly after me with a 2:17 and beat her goal time of 2:20. The course was amazing and it was really something else to be able to run in areas where you've only previously been in a car. Running across I-74 in the morning fog felt like running through a painting or even an Ansel Adams photo where the mountains have been replaced by a giant green suspension bidge. The whole experience was very calming and the time just flew by. Now after completing the 13.1 I'm looking forward to the 27 mile birthday challenge run. With each increase in mileage comes a new goal and a new challenge. There are no more worries about what can't be done or what won't be accomplished, only the limitation of what my mind can conceive as the next challenge.