Seth!

Here are the screen shots of Seth walking at his Haahvaahd graduation!

5.69707776 kilometers

I DID IT!

I broke some personal records today when I ran 5.32692864 after a .37014912 kilometer warm up.  Here’s my stats:

• Distance: 3.54 Miles (5.69707776 kilometers)
• Time: 33:37 Minutes
• Average Pace: 9:29 Minutes per mile
• Average Speed: 6.32 MPH

I’m super pumped, because my ultimate goal is to run 10 miles and I can feel my body progressing each week.  My lungs are growing stronger and my legs can carry me farther.  It’s a great feeling to know I can accomplish just a 5k.  I don’t care how I compare with other runners, because there is no comparison to how I felt before I started running.  That is motivation big enough to propel me into the next run.

Plus East Aurora is the perfect town for a runner.  There are plenty of big shady trees and quiet streets to run down.  Today I closed my eyes and ran through every intersection.  It’s the type of neighborhood where cars just wave you through, so you get to run uninterrupted. Not too many potholes, nice sidewalks, a great park; I’m telling you, this town is great!  The morning jog down Main Street gets a bit too smoggy, but the side streets are beautiful.

Check out today’s run on my RunKeeper profile.  There you can see my routes and stats.  If you’re a runner in E.A let me know some new routes.  I think the one I did today is my new favorite. There will be a 5k run in Niagra Falls in October that I plan on attending.  I’m also going to do the Turkey Trot, with Tom! Peace.

Grandma Holmes

Today we’re celebrating 99 years of our awesome grandma Holmes.  We’ll be at Ricks to mark the event and I’ll try to feed in some live photos.  Stay tuned, America.

• Worked on the live feed earlier but had some flash issues with my hackintosh. Stay tuned, I’ll get this up.

Check out this video of the festivities.  This should give a good idea for those of you who couldn’t be there.