Feb 15th 2009

This was the day that I was supposed to have been running my second 26.2. But as you know from my lack of blogging about it, well I've not been training for the last 6 months.

Whats sad is that I continue to get email reminders and news bites from the race. I must admit its a little frustrating to know that I let myself slip away like I did.

I'm starting to get back into the groove though I must say I'm still not over the routine hump yet...

So I keep at it, slowly.. I'm running out of time as you can see at the top of my blog page. I keep trying.

Till next time,
-me-

Happy Birthday Brendan

Brendan is 2 today

It's hard to believe that this little guy is already two years old!

As you can see, he is already doing very well with respects to the Potty.

They just never stop growing do they?

Another baby !?

Wow, who knew... It was just recently that I found out that my wonderful wife of 10 years is once again pregnant. I guess it isn't the end of Diapers just yet eh'. In case you don't know we already have four wonderful kids. I really don't know that you could ask for much more from them. Yeah, sure they have their moments and we have ours, but all in all they are wonderful, sweet, kind and innocent.

So here is the interesting part of this information, you see back in 2008 we had decided that we where happy with our family. In fact so much so that we decided I would go ahead and have a vasectomy. So on Dec. 1st I did, and I'll tell you guys out there, it isn't that big of a deal so suck it up and do it for your wife. Because after she has birthed a few babies... Its the least you can do.

So I digress... just before the proceedure my wife had decided to stop taking her BC pill in the hopes that it would make her more "in the mood". Well if you ever look into it, you'll also find that your Dr. will tell you, that the proceedure isn't immediately active. In fact there are a number of residual swimmers and it takes time to clear them out.

So we had decided to play with fire a little in Dec, and didn't really do anything special in the interim. In Dec, just before Christmas it was her time and well it was late... We actually thought wow, it just may be happening... Which at that time we where really neither her nor there on the idea. So I got to march my little self to CVS where I had researched for the test that had the best performance for detecting the hormones... Test 1 was a negative, and so was test 2. Test three was just well, left in the box because that night the wait was over... and we where again without worry. I think we where both a little sad it wasn't positive.

Enter Jan 22nd 2009, when I'm working like usual here in the office and along comes my wife... Next thing I see is a test on my desk, and HOLY CRAP, it had two lines... (See the Photo) Now mind you by this time, we had both finally cleared our mind of having another baby. In fact, the little guy Brendan who is almost 2 now had just started potty training and the end of diapers was in sight. Imagine the surprise we both had for this. It is amazing, that we get to go through this process again, we both know what to expect (of course we do, we've done this 3 times before). We also know what not to expect, each pregnancy is different. BTW: she *thinks* she is about 3-4 weeks into this, and suspects her due date will be around the first week in Oct. 2009.

We both enjoy so much our family, it truly is a joy to have a great family. I just hope that we can help to sculpt them into great little people over time. We have such great family and friends, and friends who are family. I can say that we are truly blessed to have such a great group of friends. The next 8/9 months is certainly going to come an go quickly it will be done before we know it.

Now you are in the know, and I thank you for reading, it has been fun! Thank you for your support and prayers it really is appreciated. I think we are all hoping for a little girl, Rachelle has already said she is going to ask everyone she knows to get one cute girly outfit for the baby when she finds out it is a girl. Lord knows we could use a little less testosterone in this house.

Take care, stay posted here and God bless.

-matt-

Back in the swing of things...

So this week starts my official 16week program on getting ready for the Mini-Marathon which is 5/2/2009. Did I mention that I am planning on doing a second the Geist Half Marathon on 5/16/2009. Guess this means it is time to get serious with the running. My goal this year is to break the 2hr mark and I must say that it is likely going to be a pretty tough challenge considering I have done little running since late last summer.

I've found that the Runners World smart coach works well for me. I've pretty much used it for all of my training. It has various options for how much running you're currently doing and what you have done in the past. I usually play with it till I get about what I'm looking for. :) I like the 3 days a week concept, I'm certain that some will suggest it isn't enough, but I can tell you it has worked for me in the past.

I tend to do my long days on Sundays, especially now that for all practical reasons football season is over. In fact, I did 4.32 miles just yesterday, mind you that was a combination of running and walking. I also often will push myself to go a little further than the schedule says... Its not a bad thing... :) usually.

Well I know that you're probably tired of reading about my running schedule. I'll try to keep you informed without all the gory details from now on.