And I Ran....

2 weeks ago, I ran the Groundhog Run 5k. The run is held in North KC in the Hunt Midewst SubTropolis, one of the largest (if not the largest) underground office facilities. The nice thing about the undergrond is even though it was 10 degrees outside, it was about 65 indoors. Here's a picture of the chaos that was:



I ran for my best ever time of 34:31. I had been training at a 12 minute mile pace, so to beat that felt good. I actually ran the first mile in just over 10 minutes! Next up will be the Trolley Run in April.

2008 in Review

Well, I guess it is time to put up a new post. It is 2009, after all. Thought I'd post some pictures from last year that never made it onto the blog.

January & February brought snow (and the related snow shoveling) March brought the beginnings of spring blooms... In April we visited the Liberty Memorial and the WWI Museum... We took the elevator to the top for some outstanding views of the city... We also visited the Kauffman Garden in April, the trees were painted blue (maybe for the Royals?) May brought flowering trees... ...And a short trip to Palm Springs In June, we took the Jeep off roading... ...where it got nice and dirty!! We also had some landscaping work done and got new patio furniture July was Paris..


In August, Jeff competed in his first Triathlon
...and we visited my family in Minnesota
In September I started knitting again, with some help
October brought a day trip to Des Moines to meet up with a friend. We visited the Botanical Gardens while we were there.
We also had a beautiful weekend for camping. Here is Jeff trying to get a football game on our battery powered TV.October is also when we started our bathroom renovation

Which wrapped up in November
And we wrapped up the year with a wonderful Christmas