Training started in April and ended this past weekend with a fantastic run. Back in March, I signed up for the American Fork Half Marathon. I hadn’t run it before but I had heard great things about it so I signed up. In years past I have only signed up for races that occur at …
Category Archives: Sports
RSL Excite, Jazz Disappoint
Utah isn’t the best place for pro sports, but over the last two weekends we had some great opportunities to cheer on our local teams. On April 28, Megan and I got invited to go to a Real Salt Lake soccer match. Megan has been playing soccer for several years and was excited to go …
The Watchman 100
I have done a century each year I’ve been cycling. My first was the ULCER, around Utah Lake. Last year was the Heber Valley Century (which I didn’t even write about because it was so frustrating, but here are the stats). This year, with the family heading to St. George, I thought it would be …
Spring break – off to warmer weather
With the kids being out of school for an entire week, we decided to head South to find some sun. We left here on Wednesday afternoon and spent the rest of the week playing around in St. George. My dad has a home there so it is gives us a good excuse to go visit. …
Ski Date: Deer Valley
Just like last year, I managed to get a free ski pass to the world famous Deer Valley resort. I thought it would be fun to bring Manina along this time so we could make a date out of it. Manina was pretty nervous. So nervous, in fact, that her anxiety was making her borderline …
Pins were the real winners
We needed to just get out of the house the other day, but it wasn’t warm enough to play outside, so we decided to go bowling as a family. We’re not big bowlers, which is obvious by looking at the scores below. Claire and Drew (he took the second shot) could barely get the ball …
Moose in the road
How do I manage to cross paths with giant, dangerous animals while on standard, boring bike rides? I’ve encountered a cougar, a bear, and now a moose no further than 10 miles from my work. This bike ride started like just about every other one. Dennis (a co-worker whom often rides with me) and I …
Swim Team
A couple years ago I noticed Megan had a really nice swim stroke and I suggested she give swim team a try. She wasn’t really excited about the idea and I wasn’t going to force her so I just let it go. This year however I was a little more persistent and convinced her to …
Claire’s first ride
Several weeks ago, I had taken a few turns with Claire holding on to her seat as she tried to get the hang of riding her bike. We didn’t quite get it, but she was determined. One night, the kids came in after dinner screaming that Claire could ride a two-wheeler. We went outside and …
Date night ride
We hired an older babysitter who could handle all six kids (yes, we even left Ellie) so we could go on a bike ride up Provo canyon and then go out to dinner. The ride started out about as poorly as I could imagine. Manina was already a little unsure of a 22 mile ride …
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