Savage summer
Time has gotten away from me! It has been a few months since I even thought about writing. It has been a fun summer. No great feats of strength or endurance, but plenty of racing and hunting.
In July me and Marcy went to Missoula Montana to hang out with some awesome friends, run the Missoula Marathon, and see water shoot out of the earth. Thanks to Marcy I now have some awesome new flag shorts which have become a hit! The photo people at the marathon took some great pictures. I like this one so much it is now on my wall!

You can't go to Montana without seeing Old Faithful, so we headed to Yosemite Park the next day and climbed around on trails and watched the geyser. I love the entrance quote 'For the benefit and enjoyment of the people'. Please don't take our public lands for granted. Stay on top of our representatives in DC to keep them public! OK, public service announcement is over. You also can't go to Missoula without a visit to the Rocky Mountain Elk Foundation. Lastly I have to say that Missoula has the coolest airport ever! I have added another place to the 'places I could live list'.
Marcy kicked butt on her first Olympic distance triathlon at the end of July. We packed up and headed to Springfield Illinois. Marcy was nervous and stressed pre-race as usual. We drove the course, looked at the water, and triple checked the gear. Race day came and she killed it as usual along with a couple other Cape Girardeau racers. I was super impressed and proud of her. She came away with a 1st place in age group award and a huge sense of accomplishment. Those triathlon people just aren't right! Can you imagine doing crazy crap like that?
I ran the City of Roses Half Marathon a few weeks later, but did not earn any bling. Maybe next year! I am claiming I was tired from Colorado.
That brings us to the Ondesonk 50k this month. Marcy and I went over to Illinois for a 2nd run of the 50k. It was pretty sloppy this year and took a toll on both of us. I came in 6th place and Marcy was the 2nd place female. It was tough, but fun. It was also marked much better this year and I didn't get lost once. If you are looking for a fairly tough and technical 50k not far from home this one is for you. If you look up it is also has some beautiful scenery with rock cliffs and water falls.
We are preparing for some races to come and mission trip to Guatemala. This morning I ran 26 miles and a total of 83 miles this week. It has been a tough couple of 80 mile weeks with a race in the middle, but I made it through. I have been in the deer woods a little also. I have one deer processed and in the freezer and hope to harvest a few more this year in between training runs. We leave soon for a big adventure in Guatemala to put on a camp for kids at a children's home then are going to take a couple of days to hike a volcano. The weekend after we get back both me and Marcy are running the 50 mile at Tunnel Hill in Vienna IL. The big race is coming on new years day in Arizona. We are running the Across the Years 24 hour.
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