Signed up for this race in an attempt to force myself to train for something. However, this attempt failed as I didn’t make time for a single run leading up to the race. Life is just very busy right now, and running is not high on my priority list. I’m trying to come up with other ways to change my approach.

That said, this could have been much worse. I did manage to “run” the whole time, albeit at a very slow pace. I really enjoy this race, as the course is very flat and the environment is always fun. The UAB football team started the race by running the first quarter-mile or so. The weather was wonderful, and there was tons of food afterwards. I also enjoyed the great views of Birmingham that the course had to offer.

I’m trying to find another 5k to sign-up for sometime this summer, so I’ll at least have something still on my calendar should I ever find the time to actually train again.

http://runkeeper.com/user/atcrawford/activity/69427514

And hopefully winning the Biggest Loser contest at work, along the way

Roll Tide

Need I say more?

This picture was from the breast-feeding class that we took. Only class remaining for us to take is Baby CPR.

I had a great view of this 4-nil “friendly” butt-whipping. It was still a lot of fun though, taking in my first live soccer game. Hard to believe that I got to see the World Cup champs less than one year after they claimed the title.

http://www.halhigdon.com/5K%20Training/5-Kinter.htm

I’ve had a couple of people ask what I’m doing now, so I figured it would be good to share it here. The only modification that I’ve done is bumping the Thursday runs to Friday so I can play basketball that day. I’m also playing basketball on Mondays.

This is the team picture from one of my basketball leagues this year. We made it to the championship, but couldn’t seal the deal.

To see the name and background of our (yet-to-be-born) baby girl, click here.

http://jsfiddle.net/

“JsFiddle is a playground for web developers, a tool which may be used in many ways. One can use it as an online editor for snippets build from HTML, CSS and JavaScript. The code can then be shared with others, embedded on a blog, etc. Using this approach, JavaScript developers can very easily isolate bugs. We aim to support all actively developed frameworks – it helps with testing compatibility.“

This is a pretty nifty tool that takes minified javascript and makes it pretty again.

Fathers, do not provoke your children to anger, but bring them up in the discipline and instruction of the Lord. ~

Seems topical.

A little girl!

I still can’t believe how good the food was on that trip. I miss it!