Yesterday morning the family and I all got up early and drove to Stillwater for the LumberJack Days 5K race. It was the first official race of the Gear West running team. It was a cool morning and a great course. I set a new PR and ran the 5K in 15:40.  It was a U.S. Track and Field event so even with my PR I was 20th place. There were some FAST guys there! MArybeth didn’t get any pictures of me or the Gear West team since we came through earlier than she thought. Here are some pics she got while we were there:

look who is walking

Last Sunday I was mountain biking at Elk River with Evan and Kuan and I had a mishap. I jack knifed my front wheel and the next thing I remember I was pulling dirt out of my helmet. Service note: ALWAYS WEAR YOUR HELMET. It did not seem to bad at the moment but I have had a lot of neck and back pain( It has made it difficult to sleep). I went to the doctor and was told to come back in a week if not better for an MRI.

Well, my accident has not slowed me down enough since I was able to PR and run a course record at the Rice Lake classic. I ran 6K in 20:14. Marybeth said I am crazy and no more mountain biking…we will see!

Sunday was a great day. That morning I ran the Delano 5k and ran a PR in 16:33. The Orono track club also made their debut and had great results. After the race we watched the parade with the kids. The kids loved the parade and the people in the parade loved giving them candy. We came home and I did more tree clean up (We cut down 2 huge trees last we; don’t worry we planted 10 conifers to replace them). We then went and had dinner with my family. My brother Jason was in town and it was nice to see him. We finished the night by biking to fire works and seeing the Minnesota Orchestra play (Grant loved the music). After fireworks Marybeth and I biked back with the kids in tow with only the light of fireflies…it was a memorable birthday.

Samantha in her 4th of july dress

running the Delano 5K

With members of the Orono track club. Great guys and some work at Gear West with me.

Grant enoying a freezy he got at the parade

check skinnyski.com for pics and results