Who needs the Kwik E Mart???

In anticipation with "The Simpson's the Movie" coming out later this month, 7Eleven partnered with the movie to turn 12 7Elevens across the country into Kwik E Marts. Once hearing about this, I quickly found out that there had to be one in the DC area. Sure enough there was! One day after work, I cruised up there to scope it out. I can say without hyperbole that this was a hundred times cooler that I had thought! Take a look at some of the photos. I felt like I was living in Springfield!




Enjoying a Squishee with Homer



Running into Marge outside


Rollin with Ralph


"Chillin" with the old man in the freezer.

My other shirt is clean

Chief Wiggum doing what he does best.

All in all, it was a total blast as the place was totally packed with people taking photos. Trust me, I was not the only one! I bought my own box of Krusty O'a, Buzz Cola and much more. Too bad there was no Duff! Thank you, come again!

4th of July!!!!

Here are some photos from the 4th of July weekend where Rebecca came out and we spent the weekend together.

Chowing down a Chipotle burrito at the pool! She was good...even the leftovers on my cheek

I owned Rebecca while out running...she better kick it into gear for the maraffffffon if she's going to beat me. And yes Homer was not happy about her running time.

Biking along the Potomac

Again, I owned Rebecca as she complained, whined, moaned, griped and complained the whole way as our goal of 40 miles was accomplished by me but she could only account for 16.

On our hike above the Potomac and Shenendoah rivers!

Weekend trip in Utah

Here are a few photos from my trip back home to Utah the other weekend. It was a last-minute arrangement but I was glad I was able to go. I spent a lot of time with Penny which is always really good. It was also fun because Emily was back for a friends wedding so we were all able to spend time with each other. Some of the highlights included eating at The Paris, sibling sleepover at Rebecca's, shopping, swimming, Utah Arts festival, listening to a complete tool talk about Greek mythology and how it relates to Mormon mythology at Penny's class down south. Good times as always!

NYC Marathon

On November 4, 2007, Rebecca and I will be running the New York City Marathon! We applied with 98,000 others in May and anxiously awaited the lottery results, which were posted on June 12. Rebecca was accepted but I wasn't, so Rebecca worked the system to sign me up to run through Meals on Wheels. The catch? I have to raise $2,500 big ones between now and race day. Click here to check out my personal website to learn more:

https://www.kintera.org/faf/donorReg/donorPledge.asp?ievent=230680&lis=0&kntae230680=DA1D6728DC1A47859A20F1958D14C24B

I was first inspired to run a marathon when Emily and I flew out to support Rebecca during the Salt Lake City Marathon last summer. I ran 5 spontaneous miles with her with no troubles. Earlier this spring, I ran a half marathon and survived. So I felt that another 21.2 miles would be a "piece of cake." We'll see. Above are some photos from my previous races but that was just a 10k and a half marathon so we shall see what happens! Just remember:

LIFE IS A GARDEN....DIG IT!!!!

Lawyers Have Heart 10k

So this last Saturday, I decided to run another race and see how much I have improved since my first race. My running career started last December, when at the spur of the moment, decided to run a 10k with no training. My goal was just to finish without stopping. Well I did my at a time of 1:00,04 I felt there was a lot of work still left to be done. So this being my second 10k, I was curious to find out my time. The race was located down in Georgetown and it was a great morning for a race, albeit on the hot side. There were thousands of runners as we started the race. Click here to see the map:

http://www.runlhh.org/_assets/pdf/LHHRaceMap%202007%20Final.pdf

The first part was not all that bad but as I made the halfway point and headed back towards the finish line, the sun started to heat up. This made the race brutally difficult as I was trying to keep my pace up. The stretch from mile five to six was not fun at all as we were out in the open with the sun beating down and being magnified by all the surrounding concrete. It was a difficult stretch and at times, I felt as though I needed to stop. But I told myself to keep going. I did pass the finish line with a time of 54:14 so I was able to improve by about six minutes. I was shooting for 52:00 but with the heat and the water stops, I was not able to make it but I do feel good about it. Check out the results:

http://www.runwashington.com/results/searchable.html

So after that, I was checking out the report on the race and was looking at the photos. To my surprise, I made the website write up! Check it out and look at the second photo towards the left at the guy in the yellow shirt and red shorts! Not all that impressive but it's a start!

http://www.runwashington.com/news/jun07lawyersrpt.html

Livin' it up with Penny...DC style

Well, after many months, I finally got my ultimate wish as Penny came out over Memorial Day weekend to spend the weekend together. This was something that I was looking forward to ever since she came home from Oakland and perhaps longer. We definitely packed it in with the limited time that we had and all the fun stuff that there is to do out here. It was filled with fun events, good meals, lot of humidity and heat, linda's fudge cake, picnics, canoes and a whole bunch of other stuff. We had some good times being that we were on our own and were able to spend the most amount of time with each other.

Joe's Ride and Stride

I signed up for another bike ride in Olney, Maryland. It was another 30 mile ride and it took a little over 2 hours so I am getting faster but still not all that fast. It was a great morning for a bike ride but a little chilly, hence the beenie!