It looks like we are going to start our winter a little late - it has been perfect weather. Warm, in the 60s, sunny and no wind. That is all about to end - tomorrow will start at 50 and sink to 30 pretty fast. It was really nice to have this extended time so we have no complaints.
Running has been good this week so far, I do have my 10 miler this Saturday and I think it will be just fine. I have been watching my eating so I think I will have a few less pounds to carry on Saturday.
The girls are back at school and we are back to our empty nesting. Linda and I have been busy this week, so we have not had a lot of time together. We will this weekend. We are going to paint the office and get it ready for some new carpet we are putting in. We are also going to probably start to get ready for Christmas, we have not done any decorating whatsoever. Hopefully, the snow will get us in the spirit.
This week I may try to weigh in to see where I am, if I do I will report on it when I get the long run time logged in. Will update soon.
Thursday, November 30, 2006
Thursday, November 23, 2006
Thanksgiving Day
Happy Thanksgiving - we have so much to be thankful for, we have our freedoms, we have the liberty to achieve what we are willing to reach for, it does not get much better then that. Today was a special day in our house, it was our first Thanksgiving where the kids came home for college. It was a little different in a nice kind of way.
We started out early this morning with the Race for Grace 10K - 9:00 am is a bit early for the girls, but they got up and we all ran the race. The weather was perfect, sunny, no wind and around 40. I ran it is 1:04:04 which is a time I was pleased with. The girls ran it in around 1:01. We then all came home had a bite to eat and then got ready to go to the movie. We went to Casino Royale, the new James Bond movie. Linda and I thought it was pretty good, the girls thought it was so so.
We got back to the house and finished up the turkey and fixins for dinner. We all ate just about the right amount. Got to watch the Cowboys finish off Tampa Bay and then relax and take it easy. The perfect Thanksgiving Day!
The rest of the weekend is action packed with a little early morning shopping and then a decision on the Christmas decorations - are we going to put them up this weekend or a little later.....
More to come.
Next week is going to be a tough week of training, I have to get back on the miles. I think I jump to 23 or 24 miles next week. I also need to see if I can take a little of the turkey weight off. Will report in next weekend.
We started out early this morning with the Race for Grace 10K - 9:00 am is a bit early for the girls, but they got up and we all ran the race. The weather was perfect, sunny, no wind and around 40. I ran it is 1:04:04 which is a time I was pleased with. The girls ran it in around 1:01. We then all came home had a bite to eat and then got ready to go to the movie. We went to Casino Royale, the new James Bond movie. Linda and I thought it was pretty good, the girls thought it was so so.
We got back to the house and finished up the turkey and fixins for dinner. We all ate just about the right amount. Got to watch the Cowboys finish off Tampa Bay and then relax and take it easy. The perfect Thanksgiving Day!
The rest of the weekend is action packed with a little early morning shopping and then a decision on the Christmas decorations - are we going to put them up this weekend or a little later.....
More to come.
Next week is going to be a tough week of training, I have to get back on the miles. I think I jump to 23 or 24 miles next week. I also need to see if I can take a little of the turkey weight off. Will report in next weekend.
Monday, November 20, 2006
Its getting closer
We are now a couple of days away from Thanksgiving and we had our first dusting of snow this morning. Does not look like it is going to hang around, supposed to be 60 on Thursday.
Sunday, November 19, 2006
Hard to believe its been over a Month!
Wow, time is flying - things are going pretty well. Today was the YMCA Turkey Trot 5 Miler. I have run this for many years, did not run it last year. I ran it in 50:54 which is really good. I was aiming for 52:30. Thursday is Thanksgiving which means it is time for the Race for Grace 10K. Jen, Kathryn and I are all going to run it. It really helps to get this one in before pigging out on Turkey and dressing.
Work is busy, my training for the half marathon is going well. I am getting my long runs in, it was a 9 mile run this week. Next week is a low mileage week and then the week after I pick my miles up again - the long run is 10 miles. I am looking at 2 races right now. The one in Austin is later this year, which is not great. There is one in Miami in early February that looks like it might work. Linda and I will make a long weekend out of it.
Check the links to both:
Miami - http://www.ingmiamimarathon.com
Austin - http://www.attaustinmarathon.com/
Will have a press release out on some happenings at the company in a bit, so get ready. We have finalized a really important partnership with a firm out of Albany, NY.
The girls will both be home this week for Turkey Day so we are already preparing - stocking the fridge and getting lots of goodies. We have not had to grocery shop this much in some time. We are both really excited about the fact that we are going to have them home for a few days. Even if we do not see alot of them, there presence will be felt.
Just finished A Shining Lie, which is a book about John Vann in Vietnam - I have not read a great deal on Vietnam, it was really good to get a better understanding of that time. One thing that I have heard my whole life is how that war was run by the politicians. After reading this book, it seems that the generals ran it first and totally messed it up. Westmoreland wanted to win the war by adding more men. It was not until he had a couple of complete failures that the politians quit giving him more men. Of course, once the politicians took over and they replaced Westmoreland, it was not better. Perhaps the answer is not to have a war at all. I also finished Barack Abama's book, The Audacity of Hope. It would be hard not to agree with many of his points. There were times when I felt the book was big on hope with not real substance. Of course, I am a big West Wing fan because everyone would like the country to be run like Jedd Bartlett ran the country - Barack is a bit like Jedd. I truely hope that he makes a difference and can lift everyone up to talk in greater detail and less in one line snippets to be picked up on CNN. I have a couple of real zingers lined up to read next. The one topic that I am starting to find interesting it the whole topic of the Evangelics - I need to see if I can seperate what the GOP and CNN have done to that movement from what that movement really is - going back to its roots will be a good start.
Ill try to update a bit more often.
Found a new verse that I really liked recently:
Do not be anxious about anything, but in everything, by prayer and petition, with thanksgiving, present your requests to God. And the peace of God, which transcends all understanding, will guard your hearts and your minds in Christ Jesus.- Philippians 4:6-7 (NIV)
Work is busy, my training for the half marathon is going well. I am getting my long runs in, it was a 9 mile run this week. Next week is a low mileage week and then the week after I pick my miles up again - the long run is 10 miles. I am looking at 2 races right now. The one in Austin is later this year, which is not great. There is one in Miami in early February that looks like it might work. Linda and I will make a long weekend out of it.
Check the links to both:
Miami - http://www.ingmiamimarathon.com
Austin - http://www.attaustinmarathon.com/
Will have a press release out on some happenings at the company in a bit, so get ready. We have finalized a really important partnership with a firm out of Albany, NY.
The girls will both be home this week for Turkey Day so we are already preparing - stocking the fridge and getting lots of goodies. We have not had to grocery shop this much in some time. We are both really excited about the fact that we are going to have them home for a few days. Even if we do not see alot of them, there presence will be felt.
Just finished A Shining Lie, which is a book about John Vann in Vietnam - I have not read a great deal on Vietnam, it was really good to get a better understanding of that time. One thing that I have heard my whole life is how that war was run by the politicians. After reading this book, it seems that the generals ran it first and totally messed it up. Westmoreland wanted to win the war by adding more men. It was not until he had a couple of complete failures that the politians quit giving him more men. Of course, once the politicians took over and they replaced Westmoreland, it was not better. Perhaps the answer is not to have a war at all. I also finished Barack Abama's book, The Audacity of Hope. It would be hard not to agree with many of his points. There were times when I felt the book was big on hope with not real substance. Of course, I am a big West Wing fan because everyone would like the country to be run like Jedd Bartlett ran the country - Barack is a bit like Jedd. I truely hope that he makes a difference and can lift everyone up to talk in greater detail and less in one line snippets to be picked up on CNN. I have a couple of real zingers lined up to read next. The one topic that I am starting to find interesting it the whole topic of the Evangelics - I need to see if I can seperate what the GOP and CNN have done to that movement from what that movement really is - going back to its roots will be a good start.
Ill try to update a bit more often.
Found a new verse that I really liked recently:
Do not be anxious about anything, but in everything, by prayer and petition, with thanksgiving, present your requests to God. And the peace of God, which transcends all understanding, will guard your hearts and your minds in Christ Jesus.- Philippians 4:6-7 (NIV)
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