First race of the season, Mindy's first 10k

Well it's been a little bit, but a couple exciting things are happenign currently...

1) I bought a frame/fork from Griffen...apparently they are going out of business, and they had a premade tandem frame that was used in a charity event.. The 8000 USD$ frame was sold to me for 1000 USD$ plus shipping.... so it should be on it's way to Smith's Cycle (our local, kick butt bike shop) soon...today i hope...

2) Myself, my cousin Brad, my wife Mindy and a good friend Jason, all went up to London on Sunday to take part in the Run for the Retina Research 10km. This event has been on for several years, but have never done it... so we all decided to go up...

Sparing much of the detail, Mindy ended up running a 1:02 for her first 10k...187/279 participants... she did awesome and is quite happy... i know a sub 1 hour is in her immediate future...

My cousin Brad did the 5k on an injured ankle, but survived...
It is funny,as i've run on these particular trails a million times while i was in university in London in 1998-2002, and last time i was on these trails was in 2002 during my first marathon. 7 years later, wow how things have changed.
I am very thankful that Jason was runnign with me, and helping me througbh te crowded and visually challenging conditions... He could easily have went sub 40 minutes, but chose to run with me...at a tortoiuse-like 45:13... seven years has changed my life a lot, and that day proved it...BUT i was still happy to run with him, and we had a great day..

20 and 21st out of 279 participants...so we had a great day... he of course let me cross the line first...or shall i say ROLL across the line.

Doing the Blazeman roll for ALS is easier to do in triathlon when you are coming in a bit more spread out..but in a runnign race you have to hit the ground rolling and get up quick...but i got it in.

Many people don't know or understand what it is, or represents...i've gotten lots of laughs and snickers, but i enjoy the opportunityt to tell people what it represents.

anyhow, that's what's new here...will let you know how the bike is comign along...am SUPER excited to get out...

Get used to hearing more about Jason as well...he is a superstar athlete, taking on his first Ironman this year (i'm coaching him through it--sorta)...and he'll do amazing...but he is the kinda guy that would completely give up his race to run with you....very very cool.. if he wasn't there on sunday, i'd have been at least 2 minutes slower...trying to avoid "groin highs!!" yup, the poles that mark entrances to paths or stores, that are just the happy groin height...yikes!!

will get some pics up soon..