Spring Break in Breck
So what happens at home during marathon weekends?
I receive pics like this. Awesome, right?
Took ½ day from work Monday to spend time with family, here in Colorado enjoying Spring Break.
With flurries in the air, opted for an afternoon at the Denver Aquarium. Hadn’t been to an aquarium in probably 10 years, then BAM — 2 over the past 3 days. Gotta say the Georgia Aquarium trumps Denver’s fish tank hands down. Fave non-fish sightings? Penguins in Atlanta, a tiger in Denver. (Yep, tiger at an aquarium.)
Next, took the crew bowling at Fat Cats in Westminster. Whatta lotta fun! Maybe next time I’ll even break 100. LOL> Congrats Tom & James! (today’s winners)
Catch Phrase, dinner – BLINK, and it was 10pm. Ho, hum.
LOVE having family around. It’s pretty much the best 🙂
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- bowling selfie – Collette, James, Maddie, Tom & Ashton
3rd straight marathon month lined up – Welcome to Austin!
Arrived just before midnite, caught some quick shuteye, then off to the Palmer Events Center for bib pickup & the Runner’s Expo. Fast sweep of the room, back in my rental & south on I-35 – destination: San Antonio. And more specifically…the Alamo.
Sunshiny warm day with temps in the mid-70’s. Beeeeutiful day!
More than one person warned that I’d be bored at the Alamo – only good if you like history. Lucky for me – I LOVE history! 🙂
Started off by watching a 20-minute movie produced by the History Channel. The Texas Revolution was very similar to our own country’s beginnings & struggle against England. Texas was a northern province of Mexico – primarily settled by Americans & Europeans – fighting for autonomy. Yea I was hooked. LOL>
And while the Alamo was the final resting place for Davy Crockett, Jim Bowie, William Travis & 200 others, it was also the birthplace/the catalyst for the Republic of Texas. Nope not bored, no way. I soaked this all in.
Ready for a Texas style dinner? Well that’d be BBQ – so in Austin, you head to the Iron Works. Frequently by governors, senators & George W himself, just couldn’t go wrong. Marathon in the morning – time for sleep? Heck no, night’s still early.
In Texas they love their Longhorns, so caught a basketball game at UT’s Frank Erwin Center. #19 Texas crushed the visiting West Virginia Mountaineers 88-71, and improved to 20-5 on the season. Hook ‘em Horns!
BBQ, basketball & the Alamo. Yep, now I’m Texas-ready for tomorrow’s 26.2 miles.
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- Howdy Texas!
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- Defenders of the Alamo (Alamo Cenotaph)
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- Long Barrack
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- Remember the Alamo!
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- Davy Crockett, Jim Bowie…and palm trees? I don’t remember this in the movie.
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- Goodbye Alamo – sunshine, warm weather, super fun day!
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- San Antonio’s restaurant row — The River Walk
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- pre-race dinner at Iron Works BBQ
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- blessed by George W, the King of Texas
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- pre-marathon fun at UT/West Virginia game — Hook ’em Horns!
Once every 4 years, winter sports collide & competition crescendos at the Olympic games.
Being a winter sports fanatic, I log a lotta viewing time during these 2 weeks. Seriously, who doesn’t LOVE the Olympics?
Two favourite sports:
- Biathlon – cross country skiing with a gun
- Ski Cross – downhill ‘roller derby style’ skiing (competition starts Feb 20th)
Favourite Olympian of the Sochi Games:
- Norway’s Ole Einar Bjørndalen
Ole Einar Bjørndalen Olympic Sochi 2014 10km Sprint (fast forward 1 minute into clip)
Why Bjørndalen?
- Good to see folks in their 40’s still compete as tops in their sport. Keeps the dream alive 🙂
Ole Einar Bjoerndalen Becomes Oldest Winter Olympic Gold Medalist In 10-Kilometer Sprint
Norway’s Ole Einar Bjørndalen
