http://mattliebsch.com Nordic Ski Racer Sun, 25 Jul 2010 14:17:13 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en 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 ... http://mattliebsch.com/2010/07/1540/ 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 ... http://mattliebsch.com/2010/07/ouch-and-a-new-course-record/ 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 ... http://mattliebsch.com/2010/07/4th-of-july/ check skinnyski.com for pics and results http://mattliebsch.com/2010/06/tri-loppet-wow-fun-race/ While the weather did not even get that bad here it still did some damage. Marybeth and the kids were on the couch and the tree almost came through the window onto them. The pictures do not do justice...to the mess. Now, who has a chainsaw I can borrow? http://mattliebsch.com/2010/06/first-house-first-storm-first-mess/ Today Samantha is one and she is sick:( She was up all night with a fever .She went to the doctor this morning and they are not sure what she has. Poor thing, all she has wants is to be held. We had a very fun day planned and it ... http://mattliebsch.com/2010/06/happy-1st-birthday-samantha/ Well it is that time of year again when the more structured training starts (a little delayed due to the move). I did the Gear West duathalon on May 23rd and was 8th overall.  It was a fun race.  CXC in training in Stillwater and I have the tri-loppet coming ... http://mattliebsch.com/2010/06/training-again/ Sorry for the lack of updates…life has been crazy. A year ago Marybeth and I thought about moving but we decided to wait until after the Olympics. In hind site that was a very good decision, moving is chaotic especially with two small children. In the beginning of April we decided ... http://mattliebsch.com/2010/06/our-house/ Sorry about the lack of updates but this has been consuming all my free time... more updates to follow http://mattliebsch.com/2010/05/our-first-house/ So I finally got my mug on a Wheaties box (thanks Heidi!).  This was an awesome gift and I enjoyed playing some jokes on friends with it.  Next weekend is going to be busy.  6th Anniversary on Saturday and the Gear West Duathlon on Sunday. http://mattliebsch.com/2010/05/i-made-it-big-time/