Tuesday, December 27, 2011
Monday, December 19, 2011
Saturday City Tour "Beer" Run
Looking for something to do this weekend and saw that Saturday was supposed to be nice. Emailed Brenda to see if she would be up for this City Tour run and she thought it could be fun. It was!
Just about to start out, wanted to get an opening shot of the brewery. Dennis did an awesome job of taking pictures for this run and emailed them to us early on Sunday. I'm definitely going to try some of their other runs and perhaps even a run in one of the other cities someday!
We are off, the entire trip is just about 3 miles. Rita did an excellent job of telling us a little history at our many stops and I only have pictures from some of them. If you want to know more, I highly encourage you to book a run yourself ( http://cityrunningtours.com/ ).
Some shots at the famous Fremont Troll!
Running shot!
Some shots at Gasworks Park.
A group shot under the George Washington Memorial Bridge.
A couple shots at the Lenin statue.
Next stop was at a memorial for a Seattle TV show from the past.
Here we are at the brewery for a post run beer (or two). I had a couple "Cask: Orange Smack ABombs" (very yummy) and Brenda has a pair of "The Sister Imperial IPA's" (also quite tasty!). All in all, a very nice Saturday afternoon in the Emerald City!
Sunday, November 27, 2011
Kirkland Turkey Trot 2011
Brenda and I had a great time at the 2011 Kirkland Turkey Trot benefitting HopeLink.
The day was absolutely beautiful and just the right amount to chilly!
Here you can see Brenda doing a warmup!
After wards, we did a walk around Kirkland and took these snaps of these statues.
Not a bad time for me, this one was for you Kim
BTW: I have a small bit of history with HopeLink, they were the customer for my 2010 Project Management Practicum class. The project was to help the organization with their annual giving tree program and it united 10 strangers for 10 weeks. This race tugged at my heart because one of our key team members passed shortly after we graduated. Kim was an absolutely wonderful person, internally I tried to run a good time for Kim and said a prayer for her family.
Wednesday, November 9, 2011
Photos From A Nice 12.69 Mile Jog
Taking some vacation days this week (a use it or loose it situation) and decided to go for a long run and take my camera along with me. This outing wasn't my traditional long run route and I really enjoyed this rare beautiful Seattle autumn day. So here is a series of shots I made along the way of this 12.69 mile jog.
Monday, October 17, 2011
Saturday Half Marathon In Leavenworth Washington
I thought my half marathon and marathon running days were long gone but lately I’ve been questioning that assumption. In early 2010, I started running again while studying for the PMP exam via audio books on my iPhone. I’ve always been a “two birds / one stone” kind of guy.
Anyway, I thought the running was simply a way to stay in shape for future hikes. Then a significant number of FileMaker developers began posting twitter updates about their running sessions and the program manager that I share a large cube with runs a half marathon out of the blue. So I began having those “what if?” thoughts and this weekend I participated in the first half marathon since 2002.
Wow, look at that view! This is from the parking lot of the race. I’m not sure I would have noticed it but I saw someone else snapping a picture for their memory library.
Thank you Brenda for being my ride, my date, your encouragement and an absolutely wonderful day together!
Bumped into Gretchen, a CAPS Creative coworker from Wizards. I hope you did well and you most certainly finished way before I did!
The starting line!
Brenda snapped this picture about a mile into the race. The course was a weird one that doubled back to the starting line! It is fortunate she caught me here because I think this is about where I went “Beep-Beep” and left the pack behind me in a puff of smoke! (wishful thinking!)
This is about two thirds of the way through the race. I was surprised how much of the course was dirt and not asphalt! I’d say that, at least, 25% of the course was like this, running through various parks.
Not looking too bad after changing into the race shirt. The shirt in my left hand is likely dripping sweat like a mini Pacific Northwest waterfall! All in all a great experience and look forward to participating in this race again!
Anyway, I thought the running was simply a way to stay in shape for future hikes. Then a significant number of FileMaker developers began posting twitter updates about their running sessions and the program manager that I share a large cube with runs a half marathon out of the blue. So I began having those “what if?” thoughts and this weekend I participated in the first half marathon since 2002.
Wow, look at that view! This is from the parking lot of the race. I’m not sure I would have noticed it but I saw someone else snapping a picture for their memory library.
Thank you Brenda for being my ride, my date, your encouragement and an absolutely wonderful day together!
Bumped into Gretchen, a CAPS Creative coworker from Wizards. I hope you did well and you most certainly finished way before I did!
The starting line!
Brenda snapped this picture about a mile into the race. The course was a weird one that doubled back to the starting line! It is fortunate she caught me here because I think this is about where I went “Beep-Beep” and left the pack behind me in a puff of smoke! (wishful thinking!)
This is about two thirds of the way through the race. I was surprised how much of the course was dirt and not asphalt! I’d say that, at least, 25% of the course was like this, running through various parks.
Not looking too bad after changing into the race shirt. The shirt in my left hand is likely dripping sweat like a mini Pacific Northwest waterfall! All in all a great experience and look forward to participating in this race again!
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