We did it!!

Well we did it! I was aiming for the Mesquite Marathon and Keven was aiming for the Mesquite 1/2 Marathon about August and September but after the Ragnar Las Vegas in October we both seriously had to re-evaluate our training and how much time we had to get the training in that would be necessary to do what we wanted..... Keven wasnt getting much running in at all so the 1/2 marathon would be way way hard, but do able. Tiff has major issues with doing a race and not being able to beat her last time so doing the full marathon because out of reach because she couldnt get the mileage in while traingin for the triathalon. Sooo..... Tiff did the 1/2 marathong and beat her last Personal Best with a new PR of 1:59:30 and Keven did his first ever 10K with a time of 1:15 - We were glad we had shaved our ego's enough to sign up for the less mileage, we are both more sore today than we have ever been.

What's next?? I'm taking a month off of training and just going to exercise. Keven doesnt want to ever run again. What a brat huh? I told him, he just isnt competetive enough. And he said I am competetive enough for the both of us.... what do you think?

You Don't Wanna Know!

Kate and Owen dug in the sand box, pretty deep too. They found a bowl full of treasures!!! All I know is hand washing was not good enough, when they were done I even made them change their clothes! The cat box in the house has been clean for weeks, I wonder where the cat has been going to the bathroom at?

I dont wanna know!!

I know it may seem boring and half the time you wont know what your looking at but we have a video of our family rocket launch. Taner got this rocket for Christmas LAST YEAR and it has taken until now to get the launch pad and launcher built but here we are - Nov and we got 'er dun!!

Did Halloween really come and go? Oh goodie, it's over! Talia used an old Wonder Woman costume and Kate got a lady bug costume on clearance the day of Halloween and off we went. To the neighbors and around the block and thats all she wrote! We attempted some car driving to see other people but no one was ever home. No Trunk or Treat or anything and we still got bags full of candy! yikes! Kately fully grasped the concept this year - "Trick or Treat!" and "Thank You!" - best of all - it all strangely disappeared the next day......

Triathalon Fun!

Well, Saturdays Triathalon came and went and even though I had butterflies before it, and was all worried about what time I would get .... When it was done I was just glad it was done and when I got the air back in my lungs I realized that I had gained a whole new level of understanding of what I am capable of. The 400meter swim was weird. 2 people shared a lane and the water was deep so as I got closer to the wall I couldnt tell by the lines at the bottom of the pool exactly where my flip turn should happen but I nailed them all and had a crowd watching at one end, that was cool. After about the 4th time I bumped (slapped) hands while passing the other dude in my lane I got pissed and just finished it. At lap 7 I asked the kid if he was counting or if I was, he said he was, and I said that was 14 right? He said, no, you have 2 more, so I was mad and burned out lap 8 thinking he was gong to make me go 2 more laps!! To my surprise, I was actually done and he called me to get out, yay me!!! I was off and running for my bike. Now, interesting as it may seem, it was 50 degrees out there, the sun was shining and I felt great so I just slipped on my racing flats, no socks, and my helmet, and headed out! The 10 mile bike was actually pretty fun. I started out getting passed and caught him and said, what do you think your doing, I know you can take me out but bring it pal, and passed him.... Then he passed me and said, you pass me on the downhills, I'll pass you on the uphills..... And when the up hill hit, I let him go but I stayed with him throughout and that was kinda fun, that bike can freaking fly - wow! I got off the bike when done and realized I had stumps for feet. No seriously, it felt like I was running on pirate peg legs, I couldnt feel any part of my feet up past my ankles! Oh Duh - its cold out here and I went from the pool to 20 mph for 36 min I guess that will happen. It took a mile or so to feel my feet again, and I dont have socks on so now I'm feeling the blisters so I just turned my music up and blasted out the last 2 miles. That was my slowest 5K ever but oh well. I finished the whole thing in 1hr 17min and got 1st in my age division 35-39 Women. So now the goal for next year is to beat the girl that won overall, she got 1:07, hmmmm..... Swim faster, transition faster, bike faster, transition faster, and run faster and I should be able to do it.

Time for an Update

Have I mentioned that I have cool brothers and sisters? I mean who else would lay with my on my mothers grave for a picture. We all joked about how she was going to reach up and strangle us for disgracing her this way, but when she had a sense of humor, she would have gotten a kick out of it. I'm guessing she has a bit of that sense of humor back now since she cant do a dang thing about it. It was nice to go with them, take flowers, and just talk about things that happend, and then of course go stuff our faces at Brandin' Iron like Eyrings do!




There is Keven finishing his first run! Wow he was a trooper. It was 109 degrees and he had 3 huge hills to climb in his 6 mile run. He just plugged along and stuck with it. My favorite part was when a big guy runs up to him after and says, "I gotta know how much you weigh and see if I'm the heaviest guy out here!" Keven said he was 260 and the guy said, "Oh man, I'm 261!" The crowd was cracking up.!!

Here I am at the Las Vegas Ragnar Relay getting ready to run my last run. Why the cheer skirt?? Well on my first run I wore a green and white too too so in my efforts to be spirited for my team I wore the cheer skirt, it was actually quite fun! The headband and the pig tails were the finishing touch. I saw a guy in Mesquite the other day and he said, are you the chick that ran with the pig tails and the cheer skirt? Hee hee, that made my day.

Wow, time flies so I guess I should update my blog, as if anyone cares.

Just some things that have happend lately....

Taner is very spirited and painted his face in checkerboard green and white for homecoming week. He did this himself looking in the mirror and even when he closed his eyes, it was a perfect checkerboard, I was quite impressed.

Good Times!

Kate and mommy got to spend a day together. We did a salon in mommy's bathroom and I cut her hair. Then we blow dried and got gorgeous and headed to the grocery store. She was very helpful and remembered to stay by mommy every second. We would have continued to have a great day together but her little friend from next door came over and so I did my own thing the rest of the day, till taxi time came. But all in all, it was quite fun.