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South Dakota / Iowa Double, Part One

Just sit right back and you’ll hear a tale,
A tale of a fateful trip
That started from nowhere near Mt. Rushmore,
Aboard this tiny Ship (of fools).
The mate was a crazy runnin’ man,
Al was brave and sure,
Frank set sail that day
For a three and a half hour tour.
A three and a half hour tour. [ sound of […]

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Viva St. George!

If your name appears in these results it means that you DID make it into the 2008 marathon.
And with those words, we were in. My brother in law, Scott, and I have been selected into the St. George Lottery! So bring it on Screaming Downhills! I think I need to look at the […]

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A week of miscalculations…

Last week ended with a couple more miscalculations for me.
I started out not realizing which portion of South Dakota has Mt. Rushmore, then followed it up by failing math while swimming, then upon arrival in South Dakota I proceed to add an extra 2.5 miles to the Brookings Marathon on Saturday, and then for good […]

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Beautiful St. George

St. George looks like my kind of a race. Screaming downhills, low humidity, cool temperatures. Lottery results come out tomorrow. Wish me luck!
I got into this race in 2004 I think, but since Scott didn’t I passed on running it. That was back before we both adopted the “screw you […]

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Math is hard when swimming

Apparently, math is hard. So said 1994 Barbie and so I found out on Monday when attempting to swim what I thought was a mile. I gave myself an F+ on math. Why an F+, you ask? Well, it stems from the following conversation we had with our son while […]

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