pacers run

Last night was the final running night for the club. Wendel made a great scavenger hunt. He placed envelopes all around campus. Ater a hot day of running we made it to the SRC where popsicles where wating. Here are the clues,


Stadium The Hybrids often here were seen
Up and down we went, round and round
At the top of section (6 x 17)
Is where the next clue can be found



Old Well In the middle of the campus
A symbol of the school
You can get a drink of water
And also the next clue




Planetarium (Sun Dial) If an ancient giant came
And didn’t know the time of day
On a sunny afternoon
This is where he’d stray






Top of the Hill For a great view and a nice meal
This is the place to know
But to travel to the Top
How would the Pacers go?




Fountain One day we ran to this spot
In order to play and splash
It helped cool us off that day
And there you should now dash




Bell Tower At the top of every hour
And often in between
This spot gives us something to hear
But now there’s something to be seen




SRC If Carolina students want to work out
This is where they go
Your prize is waiting for you there
You don’t want to be slow

Sunday

Having a lazy day. Jenny and i rode 1.5 hours on the tandem. We saw a snapping turtle laying eggs in the yard. She left after we took her photo though and never finished her nest. Caris finished an incredible ABC book of Endangered Species of South America. Most everyone is napping at 6:30p. Last week of pacers, can't wait for pool party on thr.

day one

day one, i've had my pin out for 1 day now. it took 2.5 hrs at the dr office. we waited for an 1.5 hrs before we went in back, never go the week after the holidays as they are catching up. the cast came off and the skin was not to bad. the fellow/resident looked and seemed to like what he saw as for as healing. he informed jenny and i that the nerve could take a month to 'wake-up'. dr. bynum had the pin removed which felt weird but not crazy. we then discussed what i can/nots do. wear your removable hard cast accept when moving it to strecth the ligament, no squeezing, pinching, torquing, jarring, crashing of any sort. i'm out of work for 5 more weeks.

luckily i also started training for umstead marathon with a 3 mile run. we'll see how things progress.

home destroyed

last saterday we went to ikea in annapolis va. the total trip was 12 hr. 4 to, 4 at, 4 home. lots of x-mas gifts and most importantly storage for silas closet. well fast forward to wednesday and the closet is cleaned out, painted, and organnizer almost complete. hopefully we will manage most of the gear back in the closet today and recover silas's room.

pacer cake

well 2 days of work. the pacer runner cake is done. graphing the size up was fun. the cake recpt. was from an old cook book from a local church were the ingredients said 1 c. margarine and the directions said 1 c. shortning. the batch with the shorting wound up in the compost. one of the egg batches wound up in the compost as well cause i didn't clean the bowl well enough before beating.
i switched to butter since you can not go wrong with butter for the batter. making the icing went smooth, shortning and confec. sugar. 2 thick coats were needed as well as some purple writing icing. all in all i do'nt think it'll end up on cake wrecks.

deer hunting

11-17-08 as i was doing chores i looked out the window and what did i see but a deer next to the shop staring back at me. i wondered when hunting season started for gun? went to computer clik dot com season started 11-15. clik dot credit card now have hunting license in hand, deer still laying by shop. go unlock gun and search of ammo. i only found 1 bullet, better make it a good shot with my cast hand. i easied the front door open, deer never looked, opened screen door and proped with shoe so it was just cracked. she looked for a second then went to chewing a leaf. aim, loud bang, hi her , she ran into the pine thickit and laid down. jenny called from work 20 sec after the shot. you normally want to give game 10-15 mins. before you track, so this was perfect. i had to change onto proper outdoor clothes i.e. not pj's. i took her to the deer processor where 2 nice people helped gut and skin her since my hand limits me to do so. we'll be getting 2 tenerlions, the rest 1/2 sausage, 1/2 burger patties to freeze. what a wild morning.

misery run 2008,

this weekend silas and i ran a 5.8 mile trail run @ Lucas Farm in carrboro. the race is part of the godiva track club winter series. you run over hay bales through mud hole sa deep as mid thigh if you went slow. hills asd cow manure where prevolent over the 3 loop course. the winner is the one who guesses their finishing time the closest. i predicted 45:23 and actual was 46:05 not near the winners 9 sec. difference. majorly dirty and hugely. cannot wiat for next misery.