I am a little delinquent on updating this blog, but alot of exciting things have happened over the past few weeks. I will hit the highlights and hope to provide better update this weekend.
Biggest highlight, the students of Mill Creek Elementary (Brett's School) held a penny drop, where the kids each put in spare change that they could find in their couches at home. We raised almost $40 for my charity in almost all pennies. That was awesome that even young kids were able to get involved and make a difference.
The Saturday before last, I did my longest bike ride of the year, which was almost 70 miles. That is way short of 112 miles, but I am confident that I will be there by November.
On the following day (Sunday), I had a hard swim, followed by an easy run preparing for the Cotton Row 10K.
On Memorial Day, I ran the Cotton Row 10K for the first time. This is said to be a pretty tough course with the first half being up hill. My goal was to complete it in 56 minutes and I almost did it in 54 minutes. That was a great accomplishment, but my real highlight was running the 1 mile fun run with Hannah (my 4 year old) in 12:15. I think I have an athlete brewing up.
Last week, I had some really tough swims and my times keep coming down. I am already way below where I thought my goal would be, so I have no idea where I will be on race day, but I look forward to finding out.
Over the weekend, we decided to go to the beach. That was a great opportunity to get in a few ocean swims, but I was a little nervous about swimming alone, so I stayed close to the shore and only went about 200 yards before I turned around. I also got stung by a jelly fish, which wasn't pleasant.
Annette's mom isn't doing very well with cancer and Annette and I have decided that she needs to go spend a few weeks with her, so she is headed to Germany this weekend, leaving me with the two kids. I look forward to spending daddy time with them, but I am a little nervous about getting my training in. We will see how it works out. Keep her mom in your prayers.
Talk to you next week,
Eric
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