So Josh and I just completed the guitar painting test run. The results are pretty good. Over the past few months we’ve been sanding,painting,resanding and repainting my old Fender Squire trying to treat it as a test run for the 5150 project. I didn’t want to mess up the new Kramer if it wasn’t going […]
More home improvement…
Cringe with me – Brandon and I attempted another home improvement project this weekend. We have a long list of things that we want to improve around the house, and we’re getting to them all bit by bit. This weekend we finally moved down the list to installing new faucets in our master bathroom. All […]
Welcoming myself to the 21st century
I have finally, in 2008, discovered the fun in podcasts. I know, I know, I’m only about 5 years behind, but I never really got into the podcast thing before. I wanted my iPod for music and nothing else. Audiobooks put me to sleep, and I really had no interest in listening to someone else […]
The “big” picture
This marathon was a spiritual event for me. I certainly could not have completed this of my own power, and without God, could not have done what I did. I had been murmuring prayers about this marathon for months leading up to it – for all of our safety on race day, for a safe […]
Top Race Shirts
8) “Race Official — Do Not Pass” 7) “DLF > DNF >> DNS”  (Dead Last Finish is Greater than Did Not Finish which Greatly Trumps Did Not Start) 6) “Who moved the finish line?” 5) “Pray for my brother in Iraq” – great way to get lots of folks praying and no longer thinking […]
Top 10 Marathon Moments
10)  Realizing that all those crazy things that I told myself along the route were helping - promises for shoe shopping, chanting a mantra from a friend, cheers from coworkers, etc. 9) Drawing on my little brothers with Sharpies before the race. 8) Location – seeing Disney characters all along the route & running […]
Runners are a different breed…
Runners are incredible people – I say that from an outside perspective and not about myself. Sure, there’s something a little crazy (or a lot crazy) about someone who would go out and run 26.2 miles just for a medal and a tshirt. But crazy is just where it begins. Runners are inspirational and motivating. […]
Marathon spectators & volunteers deserve a medal, too
To fully appreciate what I’m about to delve into, you need to know that the Walt Disney World Marathon started at 6 am. Runners had to be there by 4 am. I’m guessing that means that volunteers had to be there no later than 2 am. Having been a marathon volunteer before, I know that […]
Marathon FINISHER – man, that sounds good.
The marathon is over – hooray!! While I had severe knee problems and came in much slower than anticipated, I finished the marathon. I didn’t really expect to have anywhere near the problems that I did, and would have been really disappointed in my time, but I now realize just how big of an accomplishment […]
Disney Is On Sunday
We’ll be flying out to Orlando tomorrow morning to get ready for the marathon. It’s been a long road of training and knee pain, but I’m looking forward to it if for nothing else but to get it over with. I’m going to give it my best shot with my goal being just to finish. […]