Happy Mothers Day:

First, I would like to wish all the mothers a Happy Mothers Day!!!! 

On this joyous occasion, I would like to share some great things my mother taught me. 

1. My Mother taught me about ANTICIPATION..."Just wait until your father gets home."

2. My Mother taught me about RECEIVING...."You are going to get it when we get home!"

3. My Mother taught me to MEET A CHALLENGE..."What were you thinking? Answer me when I talk to you! Don't talk back to me!"

4. My Mother taught me LOGIC..."If you fall out off that swing and break your neck, you're not going to the store with me."

5.My Mother taught me MEDICAL SCIENCE..."If you don't stop crossing your eyes, they are going to freeze that way."

6. My Mother taught me to THINK AHEAD..."If you don't pass your spelling test, you'll never get a good job."

7. My Mother taught me HUMOR..."When that lawn mower cuts off your toes, don't come running to me."

8. My Mother taught me how to BECOME AN ADULT..."If you don't eat your vegetables, you'll never grow up."

9. My Mother taught me about GENETICS..."You're just like your father."

10. My Mother taught me about my ROOTS..."Do you think you were born in a barn?"

11.My Mother taught me about WISDOM OF AGE..."When you get to be my age, you will understand."

And last but not least..

12. My Mother taught me about JUSTICE..."One day you'll have kids, and I hope they turn out just like you ....Then you'll see what it's like!" 

Ok, so I found that on google. I figured the moms would enjoy it! Happy Mothers Day! 

Our involvement with the community continues to grow. We have started a new program called Junior Achievement. Working with a nearby middle school the 5 of us are teaching different classes regarding global economics. Junior Achievement has contributed to the business and economic education of students throughout the world. We are having a great time pairing with JA teaching students the fundamentals of economics. I personally am teaching kindergardeners and having a blast. It is a small class of about 11 kids all who are eager to learn and participate. 

As for training and racing I am finally getting back on my assigned heading, but it did not come without a bit of turbulence right after take off.  After a short time training we decided to run the Eastern Michigan Twilight 5k as I mentioned in my last blog. I had been doing as much cross training as possible and thought running a “training” race(or something like that) would be a good idea.

It was a failure..............lets just say I ran with to high of a manifold pressure for my given rpm and decided to crack a cylinder. Which for any type of engine is not a good thing. After the race I was rather ashamed of myself and in shock at my pitiful performance. I knew I was in better shape and just had not been running enough to feel even remotely good at the faster pace. 

Two workouts later I was headed to Stanford to redeem myself. I knew things had to be turning around when we arrived at the hotel and there was a general aviation airport right outside the door. Sitting outside watching an abundance of aircraft was the perfect pre race therapy in my book. 

It was a nice race to be in considering the lack of training. I was in the second heat and settled mid pack, running a nice relatively even paced 8:57 steeple. Normally, I would be in shambles if I had ran that time, but considering the way training has been going I was content. It gave me some well needed confidence that after a few weeks of hard training and hurdle work, I will be getting back to where I should be. 

Well, thats about all for today. Im off to bed. Good night!!! 


David