Traveling to Knoxville, TN
 

Leaving in the morning to travel to Knoxville, TN. As some of you know, I will be racing in my first ever triathlon on Mother's Day. Diane forgave me for doing this on Mother's Day! LOL Actually, when I signed up, I didn't know it was Mother's Day....oops! Most of the stuff leading up to the race will be taking place a World's Fair Park. There will be a worship concert tomorrow night and a family movie after that. Race start is at Volunteer Landing near Calhoun's and my wave, (the old guys) starts at 8:45am. My goal is to finish in 3hrs. We'll see.

The folks who put this event on, Revolution3, are committed Christians. Heather Gollnick, is a 5 time Ironman champion and along with her husband, they will be putting on 3 races this year. The final, at Cedar Point, in Sandusky is where I will be attempting and Ironman. I'm ready for this Olympic distance tri, but still have a ways to go for the Iron distance race in Sept.

If anyone in the area wants to get together, let me know. I am taking a young man in our church with me. So, if you want to hang out some, call my cell - 419-239-3429. :D

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If you want a good steak go to Ye Ole' Steak House not too far from the Worlds Fair Park. It is awesome!

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I 2nd the idea of Ye Olde Steakhouse. If you want a good steak, it is folly to go anywhere else.

Good luck on the race.

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Good luck!

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REMEMBER.... MOW he that endures to the end, and get's ahead of everyone else, shall win the race! Good luck. My hats off to you!

Been Thinkin

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Amen Mike!

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Will be helping open the race in prayer! Met Erik Birkholtz, founder of Multisport Ministries AND Russ Lee of New Song tonight! Russ gave a concert for the few of us who showed up for it. Practice swim in the morning. Got to be honest, the river is intimidating!!!!! BUT Phil 4:13! I know I can! I know I can! I know I can!!! :D

http://i88.photobucket.com/albums/k1...andRussLee.jpg

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Here's my race bib number!

http://i88.photobucket.com/albums/k1...d/2ad91e25.jpg

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OK, the event is over. I did my first ever Olympic distance triathlon in 2:38! My goal was to do it in 3:00 and hopefuuly place in the top 10 of my age group. I paced 4 th! Would have been 3rd but I stopped to pray for a guy who got hit by a car!

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Sweeeet! Congrats!

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Currently at Ye Olde Steakhouse.

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Great steak, porterhouse! Thanks for the advice!

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Whoa!!

You made it in 2:38?!!

And here I thought you had left the faith.

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LOL! Since my original post, they made some adjustments to the total times on their web site. I still retained 4th but my time was 3:10. I thought 2:38 was screaming fast, but that was what it had on the leaderboard.

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Congratulations on doing so well in the event. Even more congratulations on partaking in some Ye Olde Steakhouse.

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This is me and Matty Reed. He was the overall winner today and turned a time of 1:50 something! He is one of the top triathletes in the U.S. He was also an olympian in Beijing but didn't do very well there. Obviously, you can see that he is a fairly BIG guy! It was a pleasure meeting him!

http://i88.photobucket.com/albums/k1...d/b49f12b5.jpg

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Congrats on the high finish and the partaking in the steak. It is seriously good.

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Oh...


well I am still happy you finished the Triathlon and that you finished that steak...even if it was not with the highly favored numbers.

:)

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Oh well, I can deal with it. At least my new MacBook Pro is screaming fast! LOL

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Acts 3:10 (New International Version)
10they recognized him as the same man who used to sit begging at the temple gate called Beautiful, and they were filled with wonder and amazement at what had happened to him.

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Now THAT is incredible!!! You da woman RG!!! :D

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Here's my finish! Quality is not great because I had to play the video from their web site, record it on my iPhone then upload it to YouTube! I love technology!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=veRSY...layer_embedded

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I am dissapointed in you. You should have sprinted to the end...can't believe you gave up! :bliss


Good video. Thanks for posting it!