Doing most of the updates on Facebook these days.

Facebook is the place to look for updates now. The link to my profile is below on the right.

Although, I did update the countdown for Vegas, 2011!

Nike Women's Marathon weekend

It was a fantastic weekend in San Francisco. The weather was perfect and meeting up with Alex, Molly, Nick, and Josh to celebrate Molly's achievement was a lot of fun!

Molly ran the marathon in 04:04:06! She made running 26.2 miles look pretty easy. I know she was a hurtin' unit afterward, but it was awesome to watch her run. I caught up to her at about the 14 mile mark. At that point the people running the full marathon are separate from those running the half-marathon so she was easier to spot!

It is apparent that I am not a photographer and will need lessons before Molly's next marathon, but you get a glimpse of her now and again.

Renting the Vespa turned out to be a great idea. I was able to negotiate around the course pretty easily and park and watch when needed. Although you have to drive the rest of the time as if you are a lunatic or you will get run over. Maybe a mountain bike would have been a better option, although getting back to the hotel after the race may have been interesting.

Nike Women's Marathon

Friday I leave for San Francisco to watch my cousin Molly run the Nike Women's Marathon. She is running in honor of my mother.

I rented a Vespa scooter, printed out the course map and signed up to receive text messages about Molly's progress along the way. So I should be able to see her all along the route and get a 26.2 mile tour of San Fancisco!

Should be a fantastic weekend!

Skirt Chaser 5k results

Well, not training and trying to hydrate with Red Bull is not the best way to improve your 5k time. 33:44 for the Skirt Chaser 5k, 6:45/k or 10:51/mile. So another lesson has been learned. It was a very fun race and the after race party was a good time as well. Already penciled in the race for next year!

Summer softball winding down

The Summer softball leagues are winding down. The Tuesday night coed league finished last week. The Forks Lumber team won the league! Hooray, a free t-shirt!

We still have 3 games left to play in the Monday night mush ball league. The rain caused this league to start late. I can't remember where Forks Lumber stands, but I think we have only lost one game.

The Wednesday night LCSO team will play the last game of the season this Wednesday. No chance to get to .500, but it was a fun season nonetheless.

I have the opportunity to play on 4 teams for the fall season, Monday - Thursday, but I am not sure I will. If I do, I will have to modify my schedule to be able to play softball and continue to run. And now that agbulkeley has thrown down the gauntlet, I got to see what I can do in the 10K department. The next 5K I am registered for is "The Skirt Chaser 5K" in Denver. The women get a 3 minute head start and the chase is on! Should be fun!

Father's Day 5k results

There were a lot more people running the Father's Day 5k than ran the JourneyQuest 5k. I learned a good lesson in this race. Dropping your house key at the beginning of the race and trying to pick it up without getting trampled or causing a major pile up will cause your time to be a bit slower.

I finished with a time of 31:31. A pace of 6:18/k or 10:08/mile. A bit slower than the JourneyQuest 5k, but with a valid excuse :-).

Starting to search for a 5k in July.

Summer softball 2009 part deux...

Well, due to all the rain, mushball softball has yet to begin! Maybe next Monday. So now for the update on the other two teams.

Tuesday night Forks Lumber Coed softball:
Bounced back from the loss and we are now 5-1. Got to keep rollin'!

Wednesday night Larimer County S.O. Coed softball:
The Slackers are now 2-4! Two games below .500. We can do it!

It has been a fun season so far. Good games and good times. Just need to add the Monday night games in and it will be a full week!

Softball 2009

Tomorrow "mushball" softball starts. The Fort Collins summer softball leagues have been going on for 4 weeks now. So here is the summer 2009 softball update.

Monday night Forks Lumber Coed mushball softball:
Games start Monday, June 1st.

Tuesday night Forks Lumber Coed softball:
Currently 3-1. The loss was a tough one and we should have beaten that team. Oh well.

Wednesday night Larimer County S.O. Coed softball:
The Slackers are currently 1-2. Good first win last week!

More updates as events warrant!