So just a short and quick update. Last weekend was the white water rafting trip on the Upper Gauley River near Hico, West Virginia. I think everyone saw that I got dumped out. As one of the guides said “You got a turd’s eye view of the world.” At least I made it back safe as there had been three commercial deaths in three weeks. The previous one being the day before! I had a pretty good time. I think I would’ve had a better time had I not had an upcoming math test making me think that still going on the trip wasn’t such a good idea. Due to this I went to bed early and didn’t stay up with the rest of the people partying. In the end I studied enough for the test and more studying wouldn’t have really made a difference. There were 3 gimme-ish questions and then 2 questions to make or break the curve. Had I studied more I don’t think I would’ve hit up on the right things to get those other two problems correct. Maybe some more partial credit but not totally right.
This weekend I traveled with several others to East Lansing, Michigan for the Michigan State University Spartan Sprint. This was a nice and cool race. It was in the 30s at race time and had frosted overnight! The swim was outdoors in a pool. The pool was nice and warm once you got in but standing out there waiting to get in was a bear seeing as how it was probably just above freezing. I had troubles swimming with goggles as they kept fogging over. (You see I don’t totally put my face in the water but kinda half ass that part.) Anyway for me the swimming is always a challenge. You can check out the results and see that I was 49th of 57 in the swim but ended up towards the front of the pack otherwise. I need to get my ass in gear and do some more training as my run time was pretty atrocious. Even my bike could’ve been better. All in all I was comfortable and warm enough. That was the main goal. I think I finished and looked up at the large display by the stadium that touted a balmy 40 degrees! At least it was sunny. I could’ve done without the wind though.
(l-r)John Harlow, Cameron Holman, Laura Paulsen, David Cox, Some Old Guy, James McGuidwin, Greg Sheppard, Brian Pomeroy, Stephanie Sinders and Sparty the Spartan!