Strong Man

A couple weeks ago we had a Stake Party.  It was like a carnival and they had one of those things where you try to ring the bell by swinging a hammer.   These aren't great pictures but it was fun to see strong man, Uncle David, ring the bell.

This last weekend was Melissa's Road Race.  Its a very scenic 10k or 22k road race in Banff.  Congratulations to Stong Men Uncle David and Uncle Jon for completing the 10k.  These 2 brother-in-laws have been great examples to me.  They ride bikes to work.   Because of their encouragement I started to ride to work as well a few years ago.   David lent me a bike so I could commute 2 years ago.  Jon lent me a bike so I could commute last year.  Thank you Jon and David.    (This year Jon's bike has been safely parked in our garage).   I need to start riding again.

I wish I could have run with them at Melissa's with them this year.  I was registered in the 22k - you have to register in February and it fills up in a couple hours.   Last year David and I ran the 22k (he finished a time zone ahead of me...but I finished).   I had full intentions of doing it again this year (at least back in February).  But I haven't run in months (plus we had our Bishop's Retreat on the same day - probably a good idea to the Bishop to be at the Bishop's Retreat).   I ended up passing my race bib to someone else.   I need to start running again. 
 

Proof that I was really did run in Melissa's last year (or that I am good with Photoshop)


Watch an upcoming blog entry for my running story.