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It was a beautiful day for racing. The sun was out, it was finally warm, and not very much wind. One of those days that you’d wish could go on forever. I make it to Okarche at about 11AM to check things out and get ready. After preparing everything and riding my bike a few blocks I take it into the transition area to rack and lay out my space. The areas were assigned by age group so after finding my place I kinda walked around to see who was there. I found a few names I knew as wonderful athlete… Continue

My baby, Cosette, decided to try an escape. The day after Xmas I was home and looked over at their cage to see her hanging halfway out and staying very still. I went over, thinking I was foiling the escape, only to see she had snaged her eye socket on a metal barb. I saw she needed to be pushed on out very carefully so I was going to open the cage and push her from behind, but when I opened the cage, she freaked. She pushed her way back into the cage and screamed. I reached in and grabbed her to… Continue

Well with the new year come new races and challenges. My first race is 9Mar and is a duathlon (5k run-30k bike-5k run). Then in early Apr is a 10K run, late Apr comes my first half marathon. Mid May is another duathlon (2mi run-10mi bike-2mi run-10mi bike-2mi run) leading up to an Olympic distance triathlon (1.5k swim-40k bike-10k run) the start of June. Mid July brings another du (3k run-24k bike-3k run) finalizing in mid Oct with another du (2mi run-14mi bike-2mi run). If my training goes bett… Continue

Boy did we have a doozie. I was without power from Monday morning until sometime Wednesday. At it's peak there were more than 1.5 million customers without power here in Oklahoma. The crazy part was the roads weren't all that bad it's just no one had power. I slept at my work Monday and Tuesday because I had no heat. Luna and Cosette (my rats) stayed with me at the store. C.C. (my dog) stayed at home but in the garage. The past few days have been clearing a lot of downed limbs. My Mom had a huge… Continue