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<span style="font-family: Calibri;"><span style="font-size: large;">Looking back at last year I found that I was consistently
inconsistent with my running but somehow managed to run over 325 miles last
year.</span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Today my little girl turns nine years old. But no matter how old she gets she will always be this little girl in the video singing, dancing, and being a princess.</span> </div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">On October 27<sup><span style="font-size: x-small;">th</span></sup> the <a href="http://www.flintriverquarium.com/zombierace.html" target="_blank">Albany River Aquarium held a benefit run</a>.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>However this run/race was a little
different than any that I’ve ever done before.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>The course was an out and back on the greenway beside the Flint River
and about half mile of it was on trail.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>But what made this run so much fun was the fact that they had filled the
course with Zombies!<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Yep, there were a bunch
of Crazy Folks dressed up with full make-up trying to get the runners.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">The way it worked was you were giving two life flags (think
flag football).<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The object was to be the
first (male & female) to cross the finish line with both life flags.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The run/race was untimed but everyone still
got a medal just for finishing the run.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It
was an untimed event.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>They had also put
out some obstacles on the course to slow you down.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The obstacles were tires to run threw and a
wall that you had to run up and over.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">I started out about middle front of a pack of over 300
runners.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>At first I was running slowly
because I didn’t know what to expect.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>The first couple of Zombies were no big deal because there were so many
runners in groups that if they weren’t going for you, you could just run on
by.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Then about a half way into the run I decided
that my best bet to finishing the run ‘Alive’ was to run all out when I came up
on a Zombie. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I thought I would have the advantage
over the Zombie by running full speed for two reasons.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">One:<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I hoped that
they would see me running so HARD that they would be like forget that guy, too
much effort to get him.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I’ll chase the
next one.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">Two:<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The Zombies were
standing flat footed and waiting on the runners to come to them.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>So, I figured if I could get up to an all out
sprint that I would have the momentum over the Zombie and that they wouldn’t
have a quick first step.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">Here I am trying to do my best spin move to avoid this zomibe. From the look of this picute it was much closer than I thought. {photo by <a href="https://twitter.com/mrjonmiller" target="_blank">@mrjonmiller</a> on twitter}</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">This plan of mine worked great.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I take off when I saw a Zombie and then I
would take a walk break to get ready for the next group of Zombies.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>However all this hard running was wearing me
down.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I also started to notice that the
Zombies seemed to be picking on me.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I
didn’t know it at the time but I was running with a group of friends and I was
the only one with life flags left.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">I was tired but feeling very confident around 2.5 mile
mark.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It was about that time that some
old lady started talking to me.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>She was
asking all kinds of questions and really trying to have a conversation with me.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Then out of nowhere one of the guys that was
running with just reach over and grabbed of my flags.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>At first I thought it was just another runner
because he didn’t look like a Zombie but he was.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This guy had one little bit scratch on
him.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I felt that it was very Bush League
of that lady and that Zombie.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>However I
did finish the race alive because I still had one flag but my pride was hurt
that I lost one.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">Bottom line it was a Great Event and a great way to spend
the afternoon.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span><br />
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</span><span style="font-family: Calibri;"><span style="font-size: large;">There is a bunch of great race in Albany and Southwest
Georgia.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I get asked a lot about when’s
the next 5K, 10K, or Half Marathon so I thought I’d put a list together of my favorite races around. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;"><span style="font-size: large;">A new race this year to Albany is the <a href="http://chehaw.org/PDF/ThrutheZooRegistration.pdf" target="_blank">Chehaw’s Thru The Zoo 5K</a> on September 22, 2012.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This is going
to be an awesome race because you will be racing / running the Wild Animal
Park.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></span><br />
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<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjiv5e5XEo7ZGHn4iPwqIyII_d3PXyajez3ADpeerjKG0SEmeCmcCw3jSqpdMLjZOVwqRN2h0_5qzEMALKoqcupxuzDYvbamrXhOAWlx1ojan1FIdBdppLjuCxa4u38Dp7kRbhOY_IDSVU/s1600/rfr.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjiv5e5XEo7ZGHn4iPwqIyII_d3PXyajez3ADpeerjKG0SEmeCmcCw3jSqpdMLjZOVwqRN2h0_5qzEMALKoqcupxuzDYvbamrXhOAWlx1ojan1FIdBdppLjuCxa4u38Dp7kRbhOY_IDSVU/s320/rfr.jpg" width="320" /></a><span style="font-family: Calibri;"><span style="font-size: large;">One of my favorite races of the </span></span><span style="font-family: Calibri;"><span style="font-size: large;">fall is the <a href="http://riverfrontrun.com/" target="_blank">Riverfront Run 5K</a> on Oct 6, 2012.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This race is unique because
it is an out and back where you will race down the river walk and thru a trail
beside the Flint River.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This race is a
nice change of pace from the traditional road race.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;"><span style="font-size: large;">The race that I am currently training for is <a href="http://www.bostonga.com/events.htm" target="_blank">Boston MiniMarathon</a> in Boston, Ga (Half Marathon) on October 27 at 8:00 AM.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This race Starts and ends in the small town
of Boston, Ga (less than an hour from Albany).<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>It is an out an back race thru the country side.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;"><span style="font-size: large;">Not going to lie.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I
am pretty pumped about <a href="http://www.flintriverquarium.com/zombierace.html" target="_blank">River Zombie 5K</a> on October 27 at 1:00 PM.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This is also a new race to Albany.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I have already registered for this
event.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> This race is Run a 5K Obstacle Course down the Riverfront Trail while avoiding Zombies out to take your life. </span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: large;">One of the last great local races of the <a href="http://www.supportphoebe.org/PhoebeFoundation.aspx?nd=48" target="_blank">Jingle Bell Jog</a> 5K
or 10K on December 1.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This race is always
very well put on every year.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I’ve always
enjoy running in it. </span></div>
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</span>George Houstonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08827313004836345933noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4337495728134116694.post-6676734734854950502012-08-14T14:47:00.000-04:002012-08-14T14:47:14.254-04:00Mezamashii Run Project<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjqjtD1zi76X8MoVwGOQklxyJ9Re4H6eHcHDvx4BcZrgMYbAdsS7oKzkCuGlaRjJtyJsQHLjMzbsnSPzsocH2biLpXxgdhmjopxwyNEMPxMRPXDNI2EhkVDXEoW5VYZ0FSskUV4aQi97bw/s1600/IMG_0024.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"><img border="0" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjqjtD1zi76X8MoVwGOQklxyJ9Re4H6eHcHDvx4BcZrgMYbAdsS7oKzkCuGlaRjJtyJsQHLjMzbsnSPzsocH2biLpXxgdhmjopxwyNEMPxMRPXDNI2EhkVDXEoW5VYZ0FSskUV4aQi97bw/s320/IMG_0024.JPG" width="320" /></span></a><script type="text/javascript"><font size="3" face='Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif'>
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weeks ago I received a new pair of Mizuno running shoes as part of Mezamashii Run Project.
Mezamashii is the Japanese word for Brilliant. What Mizuno is looking to
do is give more runners a ‘brilliant’ run with their shoes. This run project is where Mizuno is giving away
FREE shoes to runners who are passionate
about running and are going to talk about how Awesome (which I think so)
Mizuno shoes are. Mizuno doesn’t want to
spend millions of dollars on advertising but yet give away their shoes to
runners. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: small;"><o:p>I guess you could say its a grass roots campaign.</o:p></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">So what I did was I went </span><a href="http://www.mizunousa.com/mezamashiirunproject/login" target="_blank"><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">HERE </span></a><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">and applied to become part of the
Mezamahii Running Project. About week or
two later I got an email from Mizuno saying that I had been selected. I gave them some more of my info and they
sent me my New FREE Wave Alchemy 12. <o:p></o:p></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: small;">I have run in these shoes now for about two going on three weeks
and I love them. I’ve run in this same
style Mizunos before and have nothing but great running in them. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">For the record Mizuno is not paying me or asked me to say nice things about them. However since they are so nice and I do like them I think that you should know how cool there are. </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">If you want more info about this Mezamashii Run Project or if you want to be apart of it </span><a href="http://www.mizunousa.com/mezamashiirunproject/login" target="_blank"><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">CLICK HERE</span></a><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"> and check it out. </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">Today I did my first Triathlon since September of 2009. I
completed the<a href="http://gamultisports.com/georgiaveteransevents/" target="_blank"> Georgia Veterans Sprint Triathlon</a>.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This race today was not about getting a PR or
tuning up for a bigger race but about just getting out and doing a dadgum
triathlon.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>You see I’ve swam and bike
the same number of miles in 2012… oh, Zero.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>But I have been running and doing core workouts so I was not totally out
of shape.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I was just not in triathlon
shape.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">I finished the race with a time of 1:22:23 which was good
for 7<sup><span style="font-size: x-small;">th</span></sup> in my age group.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I
was less than 9 minutes off my time from <a href="http://thetrirunner.blogspot.com/2008/08/georgia-veterans-triathlon-race-report.html" target="_blank">when I did this race in 2008</a>. Here is the link to the<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> <a href="http://www.ontime-results.com/GAVeterans%202012/@1_Results_All_AGrp.HTM" target="_blank">2012 race results</a></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">It rained for the swim and bike portions of the triathlon
today.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I did the 400 yd swim in 7:40 –
pace of 1:55 per 100.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I did the 13.6
mile bike in 43:35 – pace of 18.7 MPH.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I
<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>did the 5K run in 27:18 – pace of 8:48
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">All in all I wasn’t too sore when it was over.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I had a blast splashing in the lake on a Saturday
Morning with my Triathlon Buddies.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Oh,
and I also got some more Race Bling.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></div>George Houstonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08827313004836345933noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4337495728134116694.post-91215727536001347252012-08-04T21:01:00.000-04:002012-08-04T21:01:01.035-04:00Long Time No Blog<span style="font-family: Calibri;">Ok, so I haven’t blog all summer.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Here is what I’ve been up to.</span>
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<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhfNtemgst4YkLfLUTrto0DD0VLzbKWf2pfT4mF7Q1QyRgItYufsiL3Plt57c6sRY96lTG7b-Kam6go024Q4yhZjiF-SGDLnlUzswGlMq5IVCcFSWxhU-LMOX_XlZUdfpyRHAq5vzbhg-E/s1600/6339a2d4b19d11e1abd612313810100a_7.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhfNtemgst4YkLfLUTrto0DD0VLzbKWf2pfT4mF7Q1QyRgItYufsiL3Plt57c6sRY96lTG7b-Kam6go024Q4yhZjiF-SGDLnlUzswGlMq5IVCcFSWxhU-LMOX_XlZUdfpyRHAq5vzbhg-E/s320/6339a2d4b19d11e1abd612313810100a_7.jpg" width="320" /></a><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Well, this summer I decided to do something a little bit different
with my training.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>So, back in June I
bought the INSANITY workout DVDs.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>All I
can say about them is that it’s Insane (I know cheese but it’s so true).<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The
first week I was so sore.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I’m talking
place that I have been sore in a long time.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>I did the first month of videos with only missing two workouts.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Then I started month two with the new / longer
videos and oh my goodness.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Let me tell
you that day one of month two was the Hardest thing I have ever done.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Month two was so hard that I could do it on
the schedule that they had.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I tried my
best but I just couldn’t do them every single day.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>But I plan on continue to do the videos as
part of my workouts<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>as part of my
training.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></div>
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<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg77rGW6f0DrMUkMVgUFvjycEulLm-HMO4JRsdCXIrFw1S-xXDnp9Irch5VBbe2PshHWNf4eNnNL2w85Zv6Wxi40GCQHipaFMr2RCTWHxnGvYlTZIrQuHHWubWY3Rb1lRYA7ERepjUO8ZI/s1600/59ae96fac61c11e1be6a12313820455d_7.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg77rGW6f0DrMUkMVgUFvjycEulLm-HMO4JRsdCXIrFw1S-xXDnp9Irch5VBbe2PshHWNf4eNnNL2w85Zv6Wxi40GCQHipaFMr2RCTWHxnGvYlTZIrQuHHWubWY3Rb1lRYA7ERepjUO8ZI/s320/59ae96fac61c11e1be6a12313820455d_7.jpg" width="320" /></a><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Right now I am starting to gear up for my next race – The <a href="http://www.halfmarathons.net/usa_half_marathons_georgia_boston_half_marathon.html" target="_blank">BostonMini Marathon</a> in Boston, Ga.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It’s a half
marathon at the end of October.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Right
now I’m about twelve weeks out.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I’m
going to try my best and get under the 2 hour mark.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>That would mean that I would beat my time at
the <a href="http://www.thetrirunner.blogspot.com/2012/03/albany-half-marathon-2012-race-report.html" target="_blank">2012 Albany Half marathon</a> by 12 plus minutes.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">Also today I got some new running shoes from Mizuno for FREE!<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> I'm so excited about them. </span>I will do a whole post on that later on as part of getting them for Free from Mizuno. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">The adoption process is slow but it is coming along.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We filled out all of our paperwork and got
that turned in about two week ago.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> As you can see in the picture to the right it was A LOT of paperwork. </span>Our
case worker said that she will get with us in the next couple of weeks to
finish this out.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>To tell the truth I’m
not sure how much longer we have till we can adopt but I know that it is
close.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Very close. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I’m excited and nervous.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>If you want to read our adoption journey you
can do so <a href="http://beachjourney.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">HERE</a>. </span></div>
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trip together to beach last week to end the summer on a high note.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">Over the past few months my family and I have been watching
American Idol.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Actually we have been
following a guy on the show that is from our town.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>You may have heard of him because last night
he won American Idol.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Yep that’s right,
we’ve been watching, voting, and cheering for Philip Phillips.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span><br />
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from our small town of Leesburg, Ga won American Idol but because my daughter got
it see his dreams come true.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>She got to
see a guy from the same walk of life as her, that graduated from the same high
school that she will go to, and that eats (ate) at the same Mexican restaurant that
she does fulfill his dreams.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"></span>My hope is
that see will see that if you work hard and practice hard and never give up
that she too can be anything that she wants to be.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I hope that when she hears a Philip Phillips
song on the radio or drives pass this sign (soon to be updated) that she will
know that she can do anything or be anything that she wants to be. </span></div>George Houstonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08827313004836345933noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4337495728134116694.post-82026653990623927152012-05-09T07:48:00.001-04:002012-05-09T07:48:25.368-04:00Adoption Update - Comments<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-size: large;">If you get a chance you should checkout my wife's lates post on our adoption blog. But I will warn you, she may have steped on some toes with this lates post. She talks about all the different comments that people have made to us and to her about our adoption journery. <a href="http://beachjourney.blogspot.com/2012/05/comments.html" target="_blank">CLICK HERE</a> to check it out.</span> </div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">Saturday April 28, 2012 was the <a href="https://www.facebook.com/#!/ChehawCheetahChase" target="_blank">Cheetah Chase</a>.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The race was located at our local Zoo, Chehaw.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The race was done on single track mountain bike
trails in the park.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The race had a 4
mile and 8 mile option where the 4 milers ran with 8 milers for almost their
entire race together.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span><span style="font-family: Calibri;">I signed up for the 8 miler.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>This was my first time to do any kind of trail run.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>So I was very excited and a little bit
nervous.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>There was over 100+ runners at
this event (first year of this event) and I it looked to me that a majority of
them were running the 4 mile loop.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">My original plan for the race was to run/walk it.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I find that if I’m going to run for more than
an hour I can go faster at the end if I start out run/walking. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I wanted to do a 3:1 but I didn’t think about
the single track course.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>What I quickly
learned is that because the course was single track I couldn’t more over to let
people by so I had to keep running early on.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>I only took walk breaks when the course opened up.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span><span style="font-family: Calibri;">There was a few time when I’d had the opportunity to take a
walk break but there were spectators.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I
remember them cheering me on, saying “don’t give up” or “you’re doing so good”.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I would just smile and keep walking knowing
that I still had another 6 miles to go.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">Once the 4 milers split off from the 8 milers the course got
very quite.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I would go for long
stretches where I wouldn’t see anybody.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>It felt very Zen just running thru the woods.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I got to one section of the course that was
very swampy and they only thing I could think of was not getting my foot bite
off by a gator.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I figured that if a
snake got it me I could still get out and get help.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>But if a gator took my off I was going to
have some problems.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">Below: Is the Final 50 yds. The guy to my right was ahead of me for the last mile. I didn't win the sprint but I made it look real close. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">Other than worrying about gators I really enjoyed running
thru the woods.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I one point I remember
enjoying it so much that I quite looking for roots and rocks on the path and I
almost ate it.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Earlier in the race I saw
one guy go down hard (only his pride was hurt).<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">All in all it was a GREAT Race and I hope to run it again
next year.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I came in 8<sup><span style="font-size: x-small;">th</span></sup> in
the 30-39 Age Group with a time of 1:17:30.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>You can <a href="https://docs.google.com/file/d/0B-6R9nyCAymWa3Q3WGVLeUE4MUU/edit" target="_blank">CLICK HERE for 4 Mile</a> Race Results and <a href="https://docs.google.com/file/d/0B-6R9nyCAymWQWhxOFJ3bVM1dmc/edit?pli=1" target="_blank">CLICK HERE of 8 Mile</a> Race
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<br />George Houstonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08827313004836345933noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4337495728134116694.post-34517333241747754282012-04-25T11:07:00.001-04:002012-04-25T11:07:58.445-04:00Adoption Update<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">Right now my wife and I are in the middle of adopting another child. We want to share this story with you and the process of it. We are going thru the local DFCS. My wife has stated a blog about it and you should check it. She updated it last night. Click Here to read about our story --> </span><a href="http://beachjourney.blogspot.com/" target="_blank"><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">A Day On The Beach</span></a><br />
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<br />George Houstonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08827313004836345933noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4337495728134116694.post-76853465930036929522012-04-24T14:29:00.001-04:002012-04-24T14:29:34.992-04:00The Drought Is Over<span style="font-family: Calibri;">Last night we won our first softball game in two years.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We beat the Dream Team in 6<sup><span style="font-size: x-small;">th</span></sup>
inngs with a final score of 22-13!<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We
have lost so many games by one or two runs and now we finally got the money off
our back and got the victory.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I went 2-4
on the night with a single and a two RBI triple.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I also pitched and got two strikeouts.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">Question for all you runners out there – Can I count a church league slow pitch softball game as a work out?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Cross Training Maybe????</span></div>George Houstonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08827313004836345933noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4337495728134116694.post-29259510378722628332012-04-20T10:10:00.000-04:002012-04-20T10:10:26.906-04:00Two Years Ago Today<script type="text/javascript">
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Life is Good.George Houstonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08827313004836345933noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4337495728134116694.post-78870711878901276912012-04-02T21:05:00.000-04:002012-04-02T21:05:48.730-04:00March Totals<strong><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">Running Totals:<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>82
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a long time.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Ever since I did the </span><a href="http://www.thetrirunner.blogspot.com/2012/03/albany-half-marathon-2012-race-report.html" target="_blank"><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">AlbanyHalf Marathon</span></a><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"> I’ve been excited about running again.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>After taking a break from working out when my
son was born it has been nice to be able to get back out there.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Running has become fun again.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></div>
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lucky enough to have my daughter come out with me while I run. A couple of
times this month she has tagged along with me on her bike while I’ve ran.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It’s been nice to have her out there with
me.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Her longest ride with me has been
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running.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I want to do the </span><a href="http://runrocknroll.competitor.com/nashville" target="_blank"><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">Country MusicHalf Marathon</span></a><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>There is a good chance
that I will be doing this race but something could come up and prevent us from
going to Nashville that weekend.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>But I’m
keeping my fingers crossed that we can and I’m training like I’m going to do
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one there is a </span><a href="https://www.facebook.com/ChehawCheetahChase" target="_blank"><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">local 8 mile trail race</span></a><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"> that same day and I will be doing that
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he has been twisting his hair ever since he was a baby and now it has caused a
bald spot to form.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We are hoping that
because we cut it short that he won’t be able to get a hold of it an twist it
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">Apparently I’m late to The Walking Dead Party because all of
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<strong><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">Big Announcements:<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>1</span></strong></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">Also if you didn’t see my post about my </span><a href="http://www.beachjourney.blogspot.com/" target="_blank"><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">wife’s new blog</span></a><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"> you should
check it out.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We have finally announced to
the world that we are looking to adopt.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>We are very excited about this.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Her blog is going to take you thru our journey. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">I found this new website that I like called about.me -<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>my page is </span><a href="http://about.me/georgehouston" target="_blank"><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">about.me/georgehouston</span></a><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">. It’s a
great place to put all you social networking sites, websites, and blogs all on
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">I also started using the dailymile.com.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>If we are not friends on there </span><a href="http://www.dailymile.com/people/georgephouston#ref=tophd" target="_blank"><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">you shouldlook me up</span></a><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">. </span></div>George Houstonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08827313004836345933noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4337495728134116694.post-24983351178563938552012-03-28T10:14:00.000-04:002012-03-28T10:14:39.222-04:00Spring Is Here<div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: large;">Last week I turned on the sprinklers and the kids ran around and had a blast. I think we are going to have a fun Spring and Summer ahead of us. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi5bb9ZGyP0yUwfQUDINz_lNCJMfCcQEYJ9jZj_lVp62V_n9E7zq0v-_nlKYWuUQc1hK-vjuNBmRQ1ygs337PvNx1tfQMdyUKPVDtaChJQSRgA3oV28pAkj90Ij72w2b-TZAM0yIobBRTk/s1600/389719_10150771458611617_500966616_11677487_174280777_n.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="265" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi5bb9ZGyP0yUwfQUDINz_lNCJMfCcQEYJ9jZj_lVp62V_n9E7zq0v-_nlKYWuUQc1hK-vjuNBmRQ1ygs337PvNx1tfQMdyUKPVDtaChJQSRgA3oV28pAkj90Ij72w2b-TZAM0yIobBRTk/s400/389719_10150771458611617_500966616_11677487_174280777_n.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><img border="0" height="265" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjKYPmAUAZaQYSPzdriW3UpsoDUBHqH5TQ1ytBaRsDchGMSrQDSkiYTiMmsmSdiNKdsi43EFdbPIUqjJMq8nK_sLdXGjRPmb_cUpVGxCq1dPn7dw-3CJC7uMmKErAiHBRgugRAncgNZzIY/s400/306569_10150771457266617_500966616_11677473_1430452718_n.jpg" width="400" /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">You see I have a lot of irons in the fire.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>If you’ve been reading this blog for a while you may have noticed the cute pictures of the kids that I post on here and their beautiful mother.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>While those people love me very much and want me to succeed they don’t really care so much about me getting <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">another</i> PR.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>They much rather have a good portion of my time.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In addition the family responsibility I do have to work for all of us to eat.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Not only do have my day job but my wife and I have a photography business and I spend a lot of time working on growing it.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> And</span> I haven’t even mention hanging out with friends, going movies, and so on…</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br />
</div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiVXCZQ3E4zKjibk7szNBSSJ7WWypi0XZkgmeKdku7STT8I3NxsJwoNko32Jz62liPB0xUowfYFl_MxNZs6jfqSzLPnK3B2Km1O86ZSPXgMpBBwO8HgGKSHftogBTxJl8rtUySuu40Fdx4/s1600/Nap.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiVXCZQ3E4zKjibk7szNBSSJ7WWypi0XZkgmeKdku7STT8I3NxsJwoNko32Jz62liPB0xUowfYFl_MxNZs6jfqSzLPnK3B2Km1O86ZSPXgMpBBwO8HgGKSHftogBTxJl8rtUySuu40Fdx4/s320/Nap.jpg" width="228" /></a><span style="font-family: Calibri;">It took me a long time to realize that the world doesn’t revolve around me.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Until I figured that out I would get really stressed out if I missed a workout.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Sometimes it would cause me to lose my motivation and miss future workouts.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I would get down on myself and think, “Man, I was doing so good.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I hadn’t missed a workout in weeks and now that I missed this key workout it has thrown off my whole training plan.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Now I won’t be as ready as I need to be for the race.”<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span><br />
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<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">So now my training philosophy is this:<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Each week on the front end I know what I want to do overall.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Example – I want to do a Long Run of X number of miles and I want to get in a Speed Workout and then a so many miles / hours of easy base miles.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>So basically I have a general plan for the week but I don’t have the workout tied to any certain day.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Why A Floating Day Off Works For Me:</span></div><div class="MsoListParagraphCxSpFirst" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt 0.5in; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; text-indent: -0.25in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">1.</span><span style="font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font: 7pt/normal "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><span style="font-family: Calibri;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I don’t get stressed out if I miss a workout.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>That then becomes my day off.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Sometimes things come up at work or home that I can’t control.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>So, I just let it go.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Then I do my best the rest of the week to get the rest of the workouts in.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></div><div class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt 0.5in; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; text-indent: -0.25in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">2.</span><span style="font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font: 7pt/normal "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Weather.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I can’t control or predict if it is going to be raining, extremely hot or cold.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>So, when it rains I use that as my off day for when I can’t get outside.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></div><div class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt 0.5in; 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</script><strong><span style="font-size: large;">We have a big announcemnt. My wife has started a new blog. It's called </span></strong><a href="http://beachjourney.blogspot.com/" target="_blank"><strong><span style="font-size: large;">A Day On The Beach</span></strong></a><span style="font-size: large;"><strong>. This is going to be our way of sharing our story of adopting our next child. Go check it out.</strong><strong> </strong></span><a href="http://beachjourney.blogspot.com/"><strong><span style="font-size: large;">http://beachjourney.blogspot.com/</span></strong></a>George Houstonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08827313004836345933noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4337495728134116694.post-50641294789622765732012-03-17T00:01:00.001-04:002012-03-17T00:01:01.515-04:00Nine Years At Zaxby's<span style="font-family: Calibri;"></span><br />
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiZvJ82JgHMOcOcAZGPPcME0b1jRbla2R2Ca2d1eHBZW4ff0TiqIepJdky5yi9UopcphyphenhyphenCpXaioLX2Uy2Ou8a7VlDC9mOGdHzjRAq5yixp4NBkzaM-QbxVW8yBlM6RtvJQNZjHC46MVdj4/s1600/DSCF1229.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiZvJ82JgHMOcOcAZGPPcME0b1jRbla2R2Ca2d1eHBZW4ff0TiqIepJdky5yi9UopcphyphenhyphenCpXaioLX2Uy2Ou8a7VlDC9mOGdHzjRAq5yixp4NBkzaM-QbxVW8yBlM6RtvJQNZjHC46MVdj4/s320/DSCF1229.JPG" width="320" /></a><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Today, 9 years ago I started out the job that I currently have today. I was hired to wash dishes and cook chicken wings. I had been married for 2 months without a job and just found out we were expecting a baby in December. So, I was glad to have this job.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>At the time we were so broke and I could remember walking to work because my wife’s car broken down and she would drive my truck to her work.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span><br />
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<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">It didn’t take me long to move up to manager and then store manager.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Then with some good luck and God’s Grace I was able to move up in the District Manager Position that I’m in now.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Zaxby’s is a great franchise to work for and I have some of the best franchisors to work for as well.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">I'm very thankful for the job I have and hopefully I will be here for another nine years. </span></span></div>George Houstonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08827313004836345933noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4337495728134116694.post-78797569300985131382012-03-15T00:01:00.002-04:002012-03-15T09:59:17.743-04:00Put Me In Coach<span style="font-family: Calibri;">This afternoon my little guy will start playing organized sports.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Yes you read that right my 23 month old son will be playing organized sports.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I know you think I’m crazy (and I maybe).<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>But he is into running, throwing the ball, and playing outside.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>So, when I saw that the YMCA was having Itty Bitty Sports for 2-4 years olds I was sold.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>He will be playing 2 weeks of soccer, 2 weeks of basket ball, and 2 weeks of baseball.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>He will have his own jersey and everything.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I’m not sure how we are going to do but I know he is going to love it.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span><br />
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<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Growing up I played baseball, golf, and swimming.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>As his dad I’m going to try and do my best not to push him into anyone sport but let him decide on what (if any) sport he wants to play.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></div>George Houstonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08827313004836345933noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4337495728134116694.post-73164497652446717602012-03-09T11:55:00.000-05:002012-03-09T11:55:39.901-05:00Upcoming Local Races In Albany Georgia<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">I get asked all the time about where is there a 5K or Race in Albany.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>So, for those of you who live in Albany (or South Georgia) here are a few races to check out.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjQ_Ox01oFC0yGiV_ktyi6Se2khScLPdhrfeHfVRtVX3RekvjxmwWrfGLk7FsW-IA7lR-ZcDlsb-xAsq-nuyiYbe3_proqV_eEpp_mzBMtZsBRyLqIsK5lalr1ZQH8o3gRaZFigcF2kV6I/s1600/legacy%2520run%2520for%2520life%25205k%2520logo.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="178" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjQ_Ox01oFC0yGiV_ktyi6Se2khScLPdhrfeHfVRtVX3RekvjxmwWrfGLk7FsW-IA7lR-ZcDlsb-xAsq-nuyiYbe3_proqV_eEpp_mzBMtZsBRyLqIsK5lalr1ZQH8o3gRaZFigcF2kV6I/s200/legacy%2520run%2520for%2520life%25205k%2520logo.jpg" width="200" /></a><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"> </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"><strong></strong></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia;"><strong>March 31, 2012</strong></span><br />
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Albany Autism Awareness Run. 5K and 1 Mile Fun Run. 8:00 AM at The Southwest Georgia Autism Center, located off 3rd Ave. Albany, GA<br />
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<strong><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"> </span></strong>George Houstonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08827313004836345933noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4337495728134116694.post-60152871161419380442012-03-07T21:12:00.002-05:002012-03-07T21:13:51.770-05:00Kony 2012Today I was on Twitter and I saw Kony2012 trending. But when I first read it I thought is said Kona 2012 and I was wondering why Ironman Kona was trending so I decide to click on the link to see what was up. Turns out it was something completely different. <br />
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I saw a link to this video below. <strong>PLEASE take some time and watch it.</strong> <br />
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Invisible Children has been important to me and my wife for a several years now. So, when I saw this and the Kony 2012 movement I thought I can do my part to make Joseph Kony famous. The way I see it this is my small part of the internet and maybe I can introduce you to the Kony 2012 movement. I encourager you to blog, tweet, or facebook about Joseph Kony. <br />
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You can go to <a href="http://s3.amazonaws.com/kony2012/kony_5.html" target="_blank">Kony2012.com</a> for more info and to sign the pledge. I just did. Let's put a stop to this injustice. <br />
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">Here is a short video I took of Lady A, Darius Rucker, and Thompson Station singing Funky Dixie Land.</span></div><iframe allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="315" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/X-mw63g9qfI" width="460"></iframe><br />
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">Here is a pre race photo of me (on the left) and several of the folks from my church that were running the race today. </span><br />
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<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">The temps for the race started in the lower 60’s and got up to the upper 60’s by the time it finish.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The weather forecast was rain all day long and heavy to sever storms for the afternoon / evening.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Before the gun could fire to start the race it had already begun to rain. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I had carried my ipod touch to use as my music, interval timer, and stopwatch but I had to put it in a glad lock bag to keep it dry.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It was a light to steady rain for the first 3 miles.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Here is a quick pic of me once the rain had stopped.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhgnwLkf9bBXOx03eRR0wWs40yZhTI_9NdXT0vuQ82u9f14lVknnFpM2cn-A-aJM9O-HA5qcyToRwZwMNlvCTwW4z_ECV3q-1gdCOsaL55jZBORv9fe8aaxS7sZVBK8D1DtOWcMI6-OKdw/s1600/Mile3AlbanyMarathon2012.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhgnwLkf9bBXOx03eRR0wWs40yZhTI_9NdXT0vuQ82u9f14lVknnFpM2cn-A-aJM9O-HA5qcyToRwZwMNlvCTwW4z_ECV3q-1gdCOsaL55jZBORv9fe8aaxS7sZVBK8D1DtOWcMI6-OKdw/s320/Mile3AlbanyMarathon2012.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><span style="font-family: Calibri;">The first two miles I was doing my best to fight back the adrenaline and run slow.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I was cruising at about an 11 minute per mile clip. One of my tricks to stay slow was I went to the end of the pack at the start line.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>So that way I had to run behind a lot of runners.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Thru mile 4 I was feeling GREAT!<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I was thinking to myself that I hope to feel this good for the last for miles.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span><br />
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<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Somewhere around mile 4 the city’s weather sirens went off saying, “A Tornado Has Been Spotted In Your Area.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Seek Shelter Immediately.” <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>All I could do was smile and keep running.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></div><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Now I don’t have a split for the half way point but I do know that I was at 61 minutes and change at mile 6 and I was at 71 minutes and change at mile 7.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>So my best guess is that I was 1:06 at half way.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">As the race went one I continued my plan of doing 1:1 (run for one minute and walk for one minute).<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I was passing people left and right.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Which give me even more momentum to keep going and pushing myself.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Using the Galloway method I was able to run stronger at the end of the race by taking the walk breaks.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">My finishing chip time was 2:12:38.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>That is an average pace of 10:08 per mile.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>While I don’t know for sure if I negative split the race but I was pretty dang close.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I came in 21 out of 40 in my age group and 329 out of 819.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><a href="http://results.active.com/pages/page.jsp?pubID=3&eventLinkageID=72440&year=2012" target="_blank">Here is a link to all the race results.</a><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">I can't wait to do it again next year. </div><div align="left" class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div>George Houstonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08827313004836345933noreply@blogger.com0