Ice Fishing

Cole and I went ice fishing with his cub scout troop last Saturday. You want my opinion? No? Okay stop reading. Yes? Well, it's winter, give the fish a break. IT'S WINTER! YOU ARE STANDING ON ICE! Really, go home and get warm. It was cold and windy and not so much fun. There wasn't so much fish action going on anyway. A few boys reeled in a small fish or two but we got nothing. Cole said he enjoyed it so I suppose I'm on the hook for next year too. He was the one who wanted to go home early though. And now Kaori wants to try ice fishing. When the Daisies have their ice fishing outing, is it Robyn's turn to go?

Myrtle Beach Weekend

We had a great weekend in Myrtle Beach, thanks to the fact that we were able to catch up with the Moores who we haven't seen in three and a half years. John found us a condo on the beach

with an indoor waterpark. Plenty to keep us occupied even if they hadn't brought their Wii down (but we're glad they did).

Congratulations to John for finishing his first half marathon. He did a great job. Many thanks to our fans (read families) as they supported us on the course. Robyn, the experienced race watcher, knows the ins and outs of getting around a course for optimal athlete viewing.

As for my marathon, nobody was right in their prediction but that was because I didn't provide the correct time option. I finished in 3:19:56 which is a couple minutes slower than my personal best. I'm quite happy with this time because I was afraid I'd totally bomb and it would end up being a walking, four hour affair. I was able to qualify for the Boston marathon again and completed my first marathon without walking a step.

Myrtle Beach Marathon

As you can see from the countdown, we'll be heading to Myrtle Beach this weekend. It will be a nice family vacation at a great hotel with a waterpark but the first order of business is me running the marathon on Saturday morning. The training has been done. Maybe not quite as much as I'd have liked but it has gone pretty well. I'd like to finish in under 3 hours and 15 minutes which would be a personal best by over 3 minutes. Can I do it? I just don't know. I've been doing almost 100% of my training on a treadmill which is supposed to be easier than running outside. To compensate, I've been running faster than the pace I'd like to run. So the speed I've been running is about the same as when I was training when I ran my current personal best but I haven't run nearly as much mileage. So why do I think I can run faster this race? Well, for starters my in race nutrition will be much better now. Something I learned from doing triathlons. Secondly, I ran a hard half marathon two weeks before the previous race and never fully recovered. I'm definitely not doing that this time. So what does it all add up to? I really don't know. But you can provide your input on the poll question to the left.

So why am I telling you all this? Just letting you look through the window at the thoughts that are currently dominating my brain.

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