Pike's Peak

So This past weekend Daria and I went camping up by Boulder and I did a trail run just under 1.5 miles up at 9,000 feet in elevation and it finally gave me the motivation I need to get my @$$ in shape for the race which is now 56 days away!!!!!! I have definitely been not training as hard as I need to for the Pike's Peak Marathon but I ran Sunday ran yesterday and will be running tonight after softball or tomorrow morning before work.

I'm very excited about this challenge that is ahead of me and know that I can finish the marathon with the help of my family and friends encouraging me!!! So please keep checking up on me to make sure I'm staying on track!!!! I know that August 19th, 2007 will be one of the best days of my life because I will have completed a very difficult challenge and I will have my beautiful, wonderful, girlfriend and my friends and family there to celebrate with me!!!!!

Baseball & My Dad

So for Sunday which was Father's Day my dad went to the Rockie's game with my stepmom because they had plans to spend time with some of her friends afterwards up in Arvada. I was kind of hurt by this because I totally wanted to go to the Rockies game with my dad. It has been a long time since we've gone together and I always love spending time with him.

One of my favorite movies of all time is Field Of Dreams and every single time I watch it I cry at the end when Kevin Costner's character is playing catch with his dad. My parents got divorced when I was young (7) and I didn't get to see my dad as much as I wanted to and that is one of the things I missed the most. Just being able to go out in the front yard and play catch with my dad, I would've given anything to be able to have done that more. Now that I'm older I understand obviously why I didn't get to spend more time with my dad and I know that he did the best that he could with the divorce, we all did.

Tonight I'm going to the Rockies game with my dad and I'm going to treat him to all the food, beer and conversation that he can handle. I know that I didn't get to play catch with my dad as much as I wanted to when I was younger, I know that I didn't get to spend Father's day with him this year, but none of that is going to matter, because tonight I will be at the game with my dad and that's all that matters :-)

Moving Finally!!!!!!!!!!! WOO HOO!!!!!!

So I know this map is small and not the best but the red star is the house that Matt and I are moving into today/tomorrow!!!!! Yes, we're 5 blocks from Wash Park, 1 block from light rail, 1 block over from the shops and restaurants on Pearl Street, and most importantly I'm only 8 minutes away from Daria now!!! WOO HOO!!!!! In case you can't tell I'm very excited to be moving out of Aurora!!!!!! I have been wanting to get out of there for a long @$$ time now!!!!! So with me living this close to the park I will start off each morning by waking up at 6 or so, running to and around the park (3 miles) then possibly taking the light rail to work!!!! I'm leaving work today early to go sign the lease and to start cleaning up the new place a bit and moving in!!!!!! WOO HOO!!!!!!! This will be a GREAT weekend!!!!!