Special Day

This afternoon I went for my first run in two weeks. Christmas peak at UPS makes me lazy. Don't feel too bad for me because I went climbing last Saturday. While I was running I looked at the Catalina Mountains. The sun was shining on them, and the air was really clear giving them that special glow that they only get in the early evening in winter. I automatically thought "man I wish I was climbing right now." Then I started to think about what a great day it had been. First off my favorite niece ran her first 5k this morning. That is a picture of her below. I think she got all of her cute from her Uncle Rik (never mind the guy in the background trying to push over the soccer goal). Amy and Philip ran it too. Philip ran a 22:41. A little disappointing since he has run sub 20 minutes before. Amy came in third in her age group, and got a realy cool Christmas ornament as a prize.

Here is Harley crossing the finish line.

Then I started feeling bad about wasting a Saturday with such great weather. I spent it just hanging around the house with Amy and the kids. That really was kind of nice though. Utimately I ended up on that run where I came up with all the thoughts you are reading now.

I also talked to a guy on a Niner mountain bike. It was the same bike I have been thinking about buying. He gave it a rave review. It was nice to talk to someone who had actual experience on the bike.

Even without a fun climbing trip it ended up being a good day.