Saturday, June 14, 2008


So I have learned I definitely do not have as much to blog aobut as my siblings who have children. But this week has been pretty exciting. I decided for sure to start school again. I was kind of thinking LSAT and law school but I never wanted to practice law, and everytime I sat down and studied for the LSAT it just did not feel like the right thing. So on June 30th I am going to begin a 39 credit program to earn a Masters of Arts in Teaching, with a focus on secondary education. Big jump from law school I know but my company will pay for the whole thing and teaching si something I can enjoy and feel good about. My only fear is about being affiliated with the teachers union, which is just below Kobe Bryant on the scale that measures evil, (other than war Kobe is pretty much the top.) And, today I did my first triathlon, it was a sprint, so kind of short but it was a 3 mile run, 9 mile bike ride and 500 m swim. Not as impressive as what Gordon, Joseph and Laura did this weekend but I was happy with it. Other than my right calf cramping during the second mile long hill on the bike ride it went ok. Sadly, I had no idea there was a mile long hill and the first time a saw it about 15 seconds into the race i almost quit. Then I found out that not only did I have to jog up that hill once but I had to ride up it two times. That hill and I will never be friends. I finished with the incredibly slow time of 1 hour and forty minutes, a girl from my office was running tihs as her second triathlon and finished in 1 hour 23 minutes, I was slow. But my only goal was to finish and I did, so I am pretty stoked about it. I figure it will be easy to cut out at least ten or 15 minutes next time just by not getting off my bike after 6 miles and sitting on the grass to stretch my knotted calf. Anyway, since I was there pretty much by myself I do not really have any pictures but I do have one of my new bike and transition area, and the shadow is mine so it is almost like I was in the picture.

2 comments:

Patrick said...

Welcome to the dark side, my liberal padwan learner. So are you going to teach high school with me?

gw said...

you rock man! Anytime you set a personal record its a good day. Besides, all we did was run.