Down the road and back again...

The Road to 5K

Ryan — Sat, 20 Aug 2011 03:22:55 +0000

Just finished week 6 of 5K training. Ran 3 times 8 minutes 3 nights this week. Averaging around a 9.5 minute mile pace.

Honestly, I’m impressed that I’ve been able to hang on this long. 6 weeks ago running 8 minutes straight would have been impossible.

3 more weeks until the Helping House 5K. Running for about 30 minutes straight still seems very difficult but so far the training has been spot on for preparation.

On the road again

Ryan — Fri, 01 Jul 2011 20:20:58 +0000

We finished up our quick trip to Schlitterbahn today. Now back on the road to Grandma’s house.

Gotta say staying at the Resort at Schlitterbahn was nice and I would do it again. We stayed in the park til 8pm closing last night and got to ride a bunch of stuff because the lines were shorter. This morning we got to go into Blastenhoff at 9am before “regular” folks and rode the Master Blaster (awesome!) with only about a 30 minute wait. Then we rode the Black Knight twice with no wait. All before 10am.

We planned to stay all or most of the day today in the park, but we were too tired. Made it til 1pm. I must say I think, if you want to ride stuff with your kids, 5 years old is a good age. We took a 5 yr old and 6 1/2 yr old. They had a blast and rode everything including some scary body slides. How/why in the world did we go here 3 years ago with the same 2 kids??

Now on to family Fourth of July in Palacios with the Hooper clan!

Schlitterbahn

Ryan — Thu, 30 Jun 2011 20:47:38 +0000

Today we are at Schlitterbahn New Braunfels. This was a last minute add-on to our family vacation. As in we thought of it and booked it Monday night!

We decided to try out the Resort at Schlitterbahn instead of staying off-site because we were able to book one night stay with two full days at the park for same as two-day pass and off-site lodging. Plus, we get into parks an hour early and can come back to our room to rest, which is what I’m doing as I write this.

So far, we are having a great time. A little tired after leaving my in-law’s this morning at 5am and driving into their house last night about 10pm. Sleep good tonight.

Gotta go. Time to hit the water again!

Revived!

Ryan — Thu, 30 Jun 2011 01:24:05 +0000

Well after almost 2 years, I decided I might try writing here again.

Since it’s been so long, I decided to pull down all my old posts since that’s old news to any newcomers. If you’ve been tuned in waiting for me to write again (edge of you seat I’m sure), then you’ve already read those. BTW, give me a shout in the comments if this comes across your rss reader or if you check here regularly.

I’m in the car headed out on vacation as I write this. Speaking of revived, that’s what I’m hoping to feel this week.

Hope to make some posts this week to share our adventures.