To Tri or not to Tri

Well I have always wanted to do a Triathlon at some point in my life and have recently made a good fried at the church that Daicia and I are going to, Bammel Road Church of Christ, that has seemingly motivated me to actual do one; he has been training to do is first for a few months now. It is a beginner's triathlon, 400m swim 19 mile bike and 3 mile run. I probably would have had some reservations about doing this sort of event, but I think that I am up for the task, maybe not tomorrow, but by the 30th of September. This summer I began running a lot, since there was little else to do in Tahlequah, OK when clinic time was over. So I began running, running more than I have ever run in my entire life. I also got faster. I can pretty confidently run 8 min/mile pace for 10 or so miles. I think that I can also build the other areas of the triathlon by race day. Cycling has never been much of a problem, but swimming is another problem. I could swim well when I was in elemetary school and middle school, but now I am 26 and began swimming the first time since gradeschool last night. WHEW. it is a workout let me tell you what. A good majority of swimming is in the breathing and paceing one's self. It will take some serious training, but challenging one's self is what build self confidence. Plus loosing some weight and getting more fit has never hurt anyone.

Well we went to the zoo the other day with my in-laws. The zoo is kinda funny in that it seems like something you do when you are a kid and then is gradually becomes something you don't even think about doing. Well I will have to say that it sure was fun. Despite the 100+ degree weather our vusut was a lot of fun. I even took my camera (huge shock) to capture a lot of the animals. Here is one animal, a meerkat, that I thought would be nice to have a pic of.

Next time you don't have anthing to do don't immediatly discount the zoo. It can be a lot of fun.

Driving Home

Well when I was on the drive from Tahlequah, OK to Houston, TX I had several hours in which I thought to myself. I kept thininking that people should really get out of my way when I am driving. Not because I am dangerous, but because I am just a little more important than them and really wish I didn't have to slow down when they are in front of me. I should just be able to set my cruise on whatever speed I want and go non-stop from Point A to Point B without interruption.

Ok well you hopefully have read my sarcasm, but everyone has been in that spot before. I guess I was just really excited to finally be home and to see Daicia.

My bumpersticker for the occasion should be "I'm kind of important and if you could get out of my way that would be great."

Later,
ML

Two posts in one day

I am posting again just because I have time today.

I have been in Tahlequah this whole summer in UH's Optometry Porogram Externship here with the NSU college of Optometry and I will finally be going home tomorrow night, late. I am really looking forward to finally being home again being with my wonderful wife. I can't wait.

Here is a pic that I took last Fri, near the town of Vian, OK, a rurual drive to one of the clinics that I worked at here in OK for the summer.

Welcome to my blog spot. I am new to all of this so, don't be too critical of my postings. I am mostly going to just post when I have time, which might not be too often, but will also post some pictures that I have taken just to share some of my free lance art. Hope that you enjoy.

To the right is a picture of my wife and I backpacking in the Arkansas wilderness near Hot Springs, AR. All in all we hiked about 25 miles in probably 4 days. This was a great Spring Break trip and we really loved being in the woods for a few days.