A Few Pics From the New Camera

Here are a few pics from the new camera. Enjoy.

One More Day!

It is almost here! We only have a little over 1 day before we head south for a little over 10 days. This has been almost a year in the planning and I can not believe that it is that close. I don't know if it has been wanting to get this week over with or just being ready to go, but I have slept like crap all week. I have been waking up around 11:30 am almost everyday. I try to go back to sleep, but it does not always work out.

Tonight will be the first time I have worked 3rd shift in quite some time. I normally go in early on Thursday night so that I can get out of there early and basically have a 3 day weekend. It works out nicely. But since we will be driving all night Friday night, I need to sleep most of the day Friday.

Once I get up on Friday, Gibby and I will head to Enterprise and pick up the cars. After that it is get everything loaded, wait for the kids to get home, grab a bite to eat, and then hit the road for approximately 12 hours. We hope to pull into our hotel around 8:00 am on Saturday morning. I don't see that being a problem.

I tried my hand at mobile blogging last Saturday from my iPhone, but it did not work. So, I will just have to post a trip report with pics when I get home. I will probably have to break it up into a couple of post not to bore everyone, but we will see.

Can't wait for today to get over with so that tomorrow can begin.

So until next time......

Yeti Out!!!!

New Toy

Well I finally did it. I went out and bought myself a new camera.


I have been wanting one of these for quite some time. I was hoping that I would be able to get one before the Disney Land & Sea vacation. Things fell into place. I am sure that it will take some time for me to figure this thing out, but I will do the best I can. So hopefully there will be some awesome pictures of the upcoming trip.

I will post some of the first pics once the battery gets charged.

See ya.....

It just wouldn't be Sunday without a run...

It is about 6:15 am on Sunday and I am just about to head out the door to meet Double D for a run. He emailed me yesterday and had mapped out a 4 mile loop near his house. We will see how it goes the first time around and may try to do 8 miles. The temp this morning is in the mid 40's, so that should make things a little more interesting.

If we make the 8 mile loop, that will be the farthest that I have gone in years. So wish us luck.

Gotta run....

One More Week!!!!!

Good morning all.

Well, in just about one week I will be getting ready to head off on my Walt Disney World Land & Sea vacation. I can not wait. This thing has been almost an entire year in the planning and financing. It should be one great and much needed vacation. I have been working my ass off this week to have as much extra spending money as possible for this trip. I would rather have too much and return with some than see something that I have to have and not have the funds to buy it.

I am still running just about every night with Chris. We may start adding in some long runs during the week now that both of our schedules have freed up some. We will see. The goal for me is to get be able to run the Kentucky Derby Festival Mini-Marathon without dying or walking. I am not sure which one I would consider worse.

Hopefully this week will not drag. I am sure that it will though.

Well I am off to bed.

So until next time.....

Yeti Out!!!!

Mini Marathon Training Update

Good Morning!

Well, I have resumed my weekend long runs. I woke up around 6:00 am this morning. I then checked email to make sure that I would not be leaving any of my fellow Yetis out if they were up for a run. After a quick bite to eat I was out the door.

I chose to head over to the house I grew up in, which is one of my longer training routes. Today I added a little to the run making it a total of 7.25 miles. I managed to finish the run in 1:01:10 which was about an 8:40 mile. I am cool with that. I will begin to lengthen these runs over the next couple of months with my goal being around 15 miles. That way the mini won't feel so bad.

Here is the route that I took:


So until next time.....

Yeti Out!!!!

Harvest Homecoming Fast 5K

Today Chris, Gibby, and I ran the Harvest Homecoming Fast 5K. This was my third 5K in three weeks. I ended up waking up around 4:30 am this morning after getting to bed around 1:00 am. The life of a 3rd shifter! I tried to go back to sleep with no luck. I got up, got dressed, and grabbed a small bite to eat. I did not want to eat anything too heavy, like a No Way Jose!

I then left the house around 7:40 am to go pick up Gibby. Got to his house around 7:45 am and picked him up. I took about 15 minutes to get to the site of the run, which was on our home court. We run in that area just about every night that we work. Chris pulled in right behind us. We then walked inside and got registered. After sitting around for about 30 minutes we walked outside. Glad that I did, since I had put on a base layer and it needed to come off. It was warmer than I thought.

We were then informed that due to some road construction that what I thought was the course had been changed. Not a big deal since I did not expect to be the leader. The women were given a 3 minute head start anyway. Not sure why, but who cares. After the 3 minute wait for the women we were off. For whatever reason I shot out like a bat out of hell. I quickly realized my mistake and settled into a better pace with Chris. I thought that the race went pretty good. I ended up setting a new PR of 23:16. Chris came in just over 24 and Gibby just over 35. We all received one of the 100 finisher medals!

After the race was over we headed home. The rest of my day will be filled with a band competition. I am not sure when my next official 5k will be, but I am probably going to run one on Disney's Castaway Cay when we are there in a couple of weeks.

So until next time.....

Yeti Out!

Day of the Buddy Run

Saturday was the day of the Down Syndrome of Louisville Buddy Run 5k. The day started off early and ended late for me. It began with Chris picking me up a little before 8:00 am to head over to the Louisville waterfront, the site of the best PR we have ever posted. Once we arrived we ran into DD and Sam. This would be Sam's first 5k ever. We then made our way to the registration table to gather our bib numbers and get signed in. For whatever reason they did not have our info. No big deal, they just had us fill out a registration form, handed us our bib and shirt and we were off.

Scotty Z joined the pack and we passed the time with having Sam pose for pics with Tweety Bird and U of L Cheerleaders. You can tell by the pics that Sam must have hated this.





























After awhile we lined up for the start of the 5k. For whatever reason DD thought that he should be in front of Chris and I. Who was he kidding? As the race started Chris took off like they were giving away Cheerleaders to the winner. We hit the first mile under 7 minutes. This pace was insane! We made the turn at the halfway point at just over 12 minutes, still maintaining our pace. We passed DD, Sam, and Scotty Z on the way back.

We ended up finishing up the run around 24:30. That time seemed a little long, since we were killing it. Chris talked with a runner who was near us and she said that the course had to be longer than a 5k. I think that I agree. Chris and I then waited near the finish line to cheer on our fellow runners. DD was the first of our crew to cross just over 27 minutes. He was then followed by Sam and then Scotty Z.














Sam crossing the finish line.














Scotty Z crossing the finish line.

After everyone finished the run I grabbed a couple of bottles of water and gave Gibby a call, who was bringing Autumn over for the Buddy Walk. We then made our way over to the walk registration table and met up with them. It was then off on the walk. It was a nice event which had plenty of great sponsors, including Papa Johns, Krispy Kreme, Sonic, and Fuse energy drink. I felt obligated to try all of their products as not to hurt their feelings.















After the walk we hung out with DD and his family for awhile before Autumn and I had to go. We were off to Columbus East High School to watch Jade, our daughter, perform in the District marching band competition. We had a little bit of time to kill before the competition, so we headed to the outlet mall to see if we could find any good deals. We found a few. I bought some long sleeve dry fit clothing at the Reebok outlet. It is in Chris's favorite color for night running, Black!!! We then made our way to the band competition, where the Jeff High Band took gold!



















Once the competition finished up we were on our way home. It took us a little over an hour to get home. We stopped by the house for a few minutes and then headed to the high school to pick up Jade.

We then decided to end the evening by hanging out by the fire pit and enjoying some hot dogs and marshmallows. I think that it finished up the day quite nicely.



























I think the next run for some of the Yeti Crew will be next weekend. Not sure who all will be able to make it, but I plan on being there.

So until next time......

Yeti Out!!!!