Up here in the northwest part of the state - we're having a bit of a struggle to continue to have our schools support high school cross country. Both the Plains and Thompson Falls programs are at risk of losing school funding and having to "self fund" in order to keep the sports alive. We're not quite there yet; but, with the impending fiscal issues that will be coming out of the 2011 legislative sessions, we expect that we could be at the tipping point where we move from partial funding to self funding.
So, to try to be proactive and get our fundraising solidly in place, the Clark Fork Valley Running Club will be hosting a fun little trail race on the Naegeli Ranch outside of Thompson Falls. Sarah Naegeli is the coach at Thompson Falls H.S. and her family will be opening up their property to any and all Trail Nerds.
Below is the information from the entry form. So, if you're open that day, want to have some fun at a new race and help out the next generation of runners - head up on up Higway 200 and visit the Naegeli Ranch. Put a smile on the Muddy Buzzard's face and help out some fellow harriers.
Here's Da Facts:
NAEGELI RANCH RUN
A Trail run located just outside of Thompson Falls, MT
3K and 5 mile Trail Run on Saturday, July 24
This race might include trees, logs, hay bales and creeks to cross, hills, forests, irrigation systems, cows, hay fields, and anything else you might imagine on a ranch!
Race Day registration starts at 9:45am RACE BEGINS AT 11:00 AM
Entry fee: $15 for 3K, $18 for 5 mile for entries received by July 17
$18 and $22 day of race registration
Entry fee includes unisex sized , t-shirt
Make checks out to Clark Fork Valley Running Club
Mail to: Carol Brooker PO Box 794 Plains, MT 59859
Or turn entry forms in to The Runner’s Edge, Missoula, MT
Directions
We are located 12 miles west of Thompson Falls, MT.
Travel north on Hwy 200 approximately 10 miles past Thompson Falls.
Turn left (west) on Big Beaver Creek (before the 40 mile marker).
Travel ¾ of a mile up Big Beaver Creek and turn left on Little Beaver Creek Road.
We are the first driveway on the right, approximately ½ mile up Little Beaver Creek.
Contact Sarah at tfl4887@blackfoot.net or 827-4887, or Tony Banovich at badrock04@msn.com or 672-6700 for more information
Many thanks to Runner’s Edge for sponsoring the race.
Proceeds to benefit Cross Country teams of Clark Fork Valley (Thompson Falls Bluehawks and Plains Horsemen)
Tuesday, June 15, 2010
Thursday, June 10, 2010
Wulman CDT 14K Preview
Wulfman 2K10 – Who To Watch
Another year of hot, hot racing is in store at the 3rd Annual Wulfman’s CDT 14K trail race. This 3rd edition of the race, to be run from Homestake to Pipestone in this even numbered year, looks to continue the same high level performances seen at the first two editions.
The women will have a new champion in 2010. The winner of the 2009 event (and course record holder for northbound route), Nicole Hunt will be focusing on her race director duties and leave the running to others this year - which makes the race up front wide open.
Early favorites would have to be Marta Fisher and Michelle Bazanella, both of Helena. M & M finished a strong 1-2 at the Don’t Fence Me In 30K Trail Race in Helena in early May and a 2nd and 3rd at the Big Butte 11K in April. Trail and endurance race specialists, they should both perform well at the high altitude and on the southbound trail climbs. A dark horse could be Maurie McLaughlin. Getting the win at the Wulfman Frigid Digger 7-miler in February, she’s looking take the honor’s in the Wulfman’s warm-weather race.
Master’s ace Debbie Gibson could also be a factor in the race for the title. With a 5th place in 2009 and top finishes at the 2010 Snow Joke and Run To The Pub ½ Marathons, Debbie looks ready for a top 3 finish.
Other women who look to make the elusive top 5 podium finish include Jennifer Burke and Laura West, together with a couple of teenagers in Rebekah Kirtley and Olivia Wood. All the women will be chasing the southbound course record set by Sarah Keller in the inaugural (2008) event of 1:10:36.
The men’s field looks to be deep, deep, deep – especially on the master’s side. Thomas Jodoin, the event’s one and only winner, will be back to try for the 3-peat (and to challenge his record time of 58:51). And, Thomas has been on a bit of role this year. With wins at the AOH 3-miler, the Vigilante Road Mile and the Don’t Fence Me In 12K, together with a 3rd at the Ice Breaker 5-mile, Thomas is looking sharp in the 2010 season. But, the converted middle distance track specialist will have his hands full. Keifer Hahn, the 2009 CDT runner up will return to give chase to Thomas. He doesn’t race a lot; but, his runner-up finish in the Riverbank Trifecta shows that - like always - when he races, he runs for the win. And, fresh off another stellar season at the University of Montana, Lynn Reynolds will look to improve on his 4th place finish in 2009.
A few of the other open men running to reach the podium include Matt Choquette, Colin Gaiser, Josh Panasuk, Adam Peterman, Ben Phipps, Doug Wadle, Brian Wieck and Dylan Zitzer. But, these youngsters will have to hold off some old guys as the top echelon of Montana master’s runners are coming to race along the great divide. In the first two editions of the event, master’s athletes took several of the top 10 spots; and, with this year’s group, it wouldn’t be a surprise to see up to half of the slots going to the 40+ crowd.
Two-time top 10 finisher Mike Telling (and masters champ in 2008 and 2009) will be back and will certainly have a start position at the front of the pack. Scott Gaiser and Jeff Braun have both have had a string of excellent performances dating back into 2009. Don’t overlook a couple of 50+ athletes in Kirk Keller and Mad-Dog Marvin Speece. And, mountain specialist Jeff Thomas is having his best season in the last several years and loves to run the hills and at altitude. Although both have fought a few injury issues the last couple of years, Ray Hunt and Tony Banovich are always a threat. Ken Newhall and Mark Slater will also be in the mix and ready to rumble.
With a sold out field, clear trail conditions and the hospitality of the Homestake Lodge, all the pieces are in place for an amazing mix of racing, camaraderie and a celebration of the Wulfman and the trail he loved.
Another year of hot, hot racing is in store at the 3rd Annual Wulfman’s CDT 14K trail race. This 3rd edition of the race, to be run from Homestake to Pipestone in this even numbered year, looks to continue the same high level performances seen at the first two editions.
The women will have a new champion in 2010. The winner of the 2009 event (and course record holder for northbound route), Nicole Hunt will be focusing on her race director duties and leave the running to others this year - which makes the race up front wide open.
Early favorites would have to be Marta Fisher and Michelle Bazanella, both of Helena. M & M finished a strong 1-2 at the Don’t Fence Me In 30K Trail Race in Helena in early May and a 2nd and 3rd at the Big Butte 11K in April. Trail and endurance race specialists, they should both perform well at the high altitude and on the southbound trail climbs. A dark horse could be Maurie McLaughlin. Getting the win at the Wulfman Frigid Digger 7-miler in February, she’s looking take the honor’s in the Wulfman’s warm-weather race.
Master’s ace Debbie Gibson could also be a factor in the race for the title. With a 5th place in 2009 and top finishes at the 2010 Snow Joke and Run To The Pub ½ Marathons, Debbie looks ready for a top 3 finish.
Other women who look to make the elusive top 5 podium finish include Jennifer Burke and Laura West, together with a couple of teenagers in Rebekah Kirtley and Olivia Wood. All the women will be chasing the southbound course record set by Sarah Keller in the inaugural (2008) event of 1:10:36.
The men’s field looks to be deep, deep, deep – especially on the master’s side. Thomas Jodoin, the event’s one and only winner, will be back to try for the 3-peat (and to challenge his record time of 58:51). And, Thomas has been on a bit of role this year. With wins at the AOH 3-miler, the Vigilante Road Mile and the Don’t Fence Me In 12K, together with a 3rd at the Ice Breaker 5-mile, Thomas is looking sharp in the 2010 season. But, the converted middle distance track specialist will have his hands full. Keifer Hahn, the 2009 CDT runner up will return to give chase to Thomas. He doesn’t race a lot; but, his runner-up finish in the Riverbank Trifecta shows that - like always - when he races, he runs for the win. And, fresh off another stellar season at the University of Montana, Lynn Reynolds will look to improve on his 4th place finish in 2009.
A few of the other open men running to reach the podium include Matt Choquette, Colin Gaiser, Josh Panasuk, Adam Peterman, Ben Phipps, Doug Wadle, Brian Wieck and Dylan Zitzer. But, these youngsters will have to hold off some old guys as the top echelon of Montana master’s runners are coming to race along the great divide. In the first two editions of the event, master’s athletes took several of the top 10 spots; and, with this year’s group, it wouldn’t be a surprise to see up to half of the slots going to the 40+ crowd.
Two-time top 10 finisher Mike Telling (and masters champ in 2008 and 2009) will be back and will certainly have a start position at the front of the pack. Scott Gaiser and Jeff Braun have both have had a string of excellent performances dating back into 2009. Don’t overlook a couple of 50+ athletes in Kirk Keller and Mad-Dog Marvin Speece. And, mountain specialist Jeff Thomas is having his best season in the last several years and loves to run the hills and at altitude. Although both have fought a few injury issues the last couple of years, Ray Hunt and Tony Banovich are always a threat. Ken Newhall and Mark Slater will also be in the mix and ready to rumble.
With a sold out field, clear trail conditions and the hospitality of the Homestake Lodge, all the pieces are in place for an amazing mix of racing, camaraderie and a celebration of the Wulfman and the trail he loved.
Saturday, June 05, 2010
Whrilwind
The last month has been a flury of activity.
A big chunk of my time went towards remodeling our living room. When we bought the place, only the back half of the main floor was finished. The basement was completely unfinihsed - just open studs. We've put in a bedroom and an entryway (although there is still a bit of finish work to be done; but, we do have functional spaces) in the basement and a laundary area.
The primary living area on the main floor was finished with old, dark-dark, paneling. Think 1970's basement type stuff. It was on all the walls and the ceiling. It was like living in a cave. Well, we finally got things put together to get the room upgraded. We had sheet rock put on the walls and toungue and groove pine on the ceiling. I had contactors do the drywall and install the tongue and groove; but, I had to stain all the boards (some 140 of them), stain the boards for the window and door trim, install about half the door and window trim and install all of the base boards. Also installed some new lighting fixtures.
It turned out great. The room fits well with the existing finish work in the rest of the house; and, it brightened up the space so much. With the high ceilings (19' at peak) and open beam structure, it really gives it the look of a light, open lodge type setting. It's made a huge difference in the space. We're super excited about seems like a whole new house. Erin is very pleased that we finally jumped in and got the job done.
But, for most of May I was working from the time I was off work-work until somewhere between 9 - 11 at night. And all of my open time on the weekends was spent on the house as well.
On top of that, we spent lots of Saturdays traveling to track meets to watch Zoe and the rest of the Plains kids.
And, last weekend (Memorial Day) we took an extra long weekend to take my parents out to the Seattle area to see my brother's new house.
Needless to say - with all that going on I haven't really had the energy or time to get to the Buzzard. But, over the next few days I intend to get caught up on what's been going on in our sport and some big things that are coming up.
See you on the roads, tracks and trails.
The Muddy Buzzard
A big chunk of my time went towards remodeling our living room. When we bought the place, only the back half of the main floor was finished. The basement was completely unfinihsed - just open studs. We've put in a bedroom and an entryway (although there is still a bit of finish work to be done; but, we do have functional spaces) in the basement and a laundary area.
The primary living area on the main floor was finished with old, dark-dark, paneling. Think 1970's basement type stuff. It was on all the walls and the ceiling. It was like living in a cave. Well, we finally got things put together to get the room upgraded. We had sheet rock put on the walls and toungue and groove pine on the ceiling. I had contactors do the drywall and install the tongue and groove; but, I had to stain all the boards (some 140 of them), stain the boards for the window and door trim, install about half the door and window trim and install all of the base boards. Also installed some new lighting fixtures.
It turned out great. The room fits well with the existing finish work in the rest of the house; and, it brightened up the space so much. With the high ceilings (19' at peak) and open beam structure, it really gives it the look of a light, open lodge type setting. It's made a huge difference in the space. We're super excited about seems like a whole new house. Erin is very pleased that we finally jumped in and got the job done.
But, for most of May I was working from the time I was off work-work until somewhere between 9 - 11 at night. And all of my open time on the weekends was spent on the house as well.
On top of that, we spent lots of Saturdays traveling to track meets to watch Zoe and the rest of the Plains kids.
And, last weekend (Memorial Day) we took an extra long weekend to take my parents out to the Seattle area to see my brother's new house.
Needless to say - with all that going on I haven't really had the energy or time to get to the Buzzard. But, over the next few days I intend to get caught up on what's been going on in our sport and some big things that are coming up.
See you on the roads, tracks and trails.
The Muddy Buzzard
Thursday, May 13, 2010
Mountain West At Oregon Twilight
4 of the Mountain West ladies made the trip to the land of Pre last weekend (May 9th) for the Oregon Twilight meet.
First up were Meg Lerch, Jennie Newton and Rye Palen in the women's 5K. Long story short - it was a good day to be wearing the MW colors.
Meg Lerch gets the win with a stellar 16:42.04. She is on a roll this seaon and looks poised to hit sub-16:30. Jennie, getting oh so near to the masters ranks, runs a sub 18:00 with a 7th place 17:58.95. And, in 8th was Rye - her 18:05.68 also well under 6:00 pace.
In the 1,500, Dianne Cummins continues to run fast. Her 4:17.25 (roughly a 4:35 mile) brought her home in a close 2nd place to Oregon's Nicole Blood.
Way to go Mountain West ladies.
First up were Meg Lerch, Jennie Newton and Rye Palen in the women's 5K. Long story short - it was a good day to be wearing the MW colors.
Meg Lerch gets the win with a stellar 16:42.04. She is on a roll this seaon and looks poised to hit sub-16:30. Jennie, getting oh so near to the masters ranks, runs a sub 18:00 with a 7th place 17:58.95. And, in 8th was Rye - her 18:05.68 also well under 6:00 pace.
In the 1,500, Dianne Cummins continues to run fast. Her 4:17.25 (roughly a 4:35 mile) brought her home in a close 2nd place to Oregon's Nicole Blood.
Way to go Mountain West ladies.
Bloomsday Pix
Courtesy of Ray Hunt
(Okay, so - the young punk came back and got me at the finish. But, I made him hurt if he was going to get past me :-) )
Jimmy Grant Looking Fit and Fast In His
Stylish Big Sky Distance Project Singlet
Yes, Nicole - it is okay to smile when
you're running fast and kicking ass!!!!
Look at the that old buzzard holding off
the young punk
(Okay, so - the young punk came back and got me at the finish. But, I made him hurt if he was going to get past me :-) )
Checking Out The Blooms With 50,000 Of My Closest Friends
Okay - so it's a bit late in coming; but, here's the Buzzard's report of Bloomsday (Sunday, May 2nd).
The weather was kind of sketchy in Spokane as we pulled into town on Saturday afternoon and arrived at the convention center to pick up our race packets. Periods of heavy rain and gusty winds had me a bit nervous about what things would be like on race morning. But, not too worry. Conditions were extremely good as we woke up early Sunday.
Clear skies, cool (but not cold) temps and only mild breezes created the 49,000 + runners who made the annual pilgrimage to Don Kardong's festival of running. Erin and Zoe headed to the start line a bit after 8:00 (we stayed at a motel within about 1K of the start); and, I followed at about 8:30. It was a perfect warmup distance to the second seed corral; and, had time to hit the porta pottie and get in a few strides.
The only real mistake I made was settling in a bit too far back from the front of the second seed runners. Once the gun went off, I probably was 3 to 4 seconds before hitting the start line, then had about 400 meters of very crowded street. But, I really tried to focus on staying controlled and keeping the pace reasonable. My training hadn't been going to well over the last month. Felt flat, heavy, fatigued and uninspired. Felt like a case of overtraining; but, whatever the case, didn't have really high expectations.
Earlier this year, I had hopes of running 42:30 to 43:30. But, with how I had been feeling and running recently, I was thinking that 47 or 48 may be as good as I was going to see. So, I was pleasently suprised when I hit the first mile at just under 6:00 pace. Then, got into a bit of a groove and just kept hitting 6:00's. Just barely over 6:10's for the miles that include sections of Doomsday hill.
Ran pretty strong into the finish and was happy to be right about 45:00. Turns out, ran exactly the same time as 2009 - 45:09. So, while not the time goal I had set earlier this year; it, was a pleasant suprise given how I felt coming into the event. Clearly though, I have a few things to work on over the summer.
In looking at pix and videos from my last couple of races, I see that my leg lift and stride length are pathetic. My leg turnover and general leg speed are also woefully lacking. And, I probably need to get some bloodwork done to make sure that I don't have some underlying physiological issues that are contributing. But, I'm confident that I can get back on track and be ready for lat summer and the fall racing/XC season.
As to the rest of the Montana crew. Here's a list of the top 25 Big Sky runners:
1. Jimmy Grant, 31, of Missoula, MT 0:39:20
2. Dewey Peacock, 30, of Bozeman, MT 0:42:21
3. Noah W Stout, 21, of Darby, MT 0:42:34
4. Ian C Blair, 38, of Billings, MT 0:43:34
5. Nicole B Hunt, 40, of Deer Lodge, MT 0:43:43
6. Jesse Q Carnes, 24, of Missoula, MT 0:43:52
7. Scott Gaiser, 47, of Kalispell, MT 0:43:53
8. Patrick T Murphy, 28, of St Ignatius, MT 0:44:23
9. Ted Burnham, 40, of Kalispell, MT 0:44:35
10. Doug Neil, 31, of Bozeman, MT 0:44:38
11. Jake Neil, 31, of Bozeman, MT 0:44:40
12. Ed Detzi, 43, of Bozeman, MT 0:44:52
13. Adam Peterman, 14, of Missoula, MT 0:44:57
14. Steve L Morley, 42, of Bigfork, MT 0:45:06
15. Tony Banovich, 47, of Plains, MT 0:45:09
16. Donald P Rosenleaf, 36, of Butte, MT 0:46:53
17. Brett J Larsen, 29, of Missoula, MT 0:46:54
18. Eddie P Mundall, 36, of Thompson Falls, MT 0:46:54
19. Mike D Jr Kallas, 25, of Butte, MT 0:47:07
20. Makena Morley, 13, of Bigfork, MT 0:47:22
21. Kal J Tucker, 22, of Bozeman, MT 0:47:24
22. Scott Stearns, 37, of Missoula, MT 0:47:39
23. Randy T Welch, 33, of Townsend, MT 0:48:03
24. Gary L Caton, 51, of Bozeman, MT 0:48:04
25. Mary K Thane, 46, of Missoula, MT 0:48:05
Some of the performances of note (from my pespective): Tops has to be Nicole Hunt's run. Competing with the elite women, she was 17th overall woman, 6th American and 1st master's women (she turned 40 just days before the race.). Here 43:43 is a screaming fast time and placed her 5th amongst all Montanan's. Kudo's to the new fastest old chick on the block.
Next up was Jimmy Grant of Missoula. Continuing his string of solid performances dating back to early 2009, Jimmy repeated as the fastest Montanan. His 39:20 got him 34th overall and was 3 minutes ahead of the next Big Sky athlete.
Dewey Peacock had a great run as the second Montanan and the only person besides Grant to break the 43:00 barrier.
Adam Peterman of Missoula, a Hellgate High freshman, took a break from his track season to pop off a sub 45 with his 44:57. That strenght served him well as the next weekend he just missed the sub-10:00 3200 mark. Not a bad "rookie" season.
Finally, there is a Makena Morley of Bigfork listed with a 47:22 time and an age of 13. If that's all accurate, we may very well have our next Zoe Nelson. Does anyone know anything more about this girl? If so, let me know.
Well, there you have it - another year of Bloomsday behind us; and, I'm glad that we made the trip over. Gave me a little shot in the ass and has inspired me to really commit to doing the little things that I need to do to get my times back down to be competitive with Ray, Kyle, Pat, Herring, Telling, et al.
See you on the roads, tracks and trails
The Muddy Buzzard
The weather was kind of sketchy in Spokane as we pulled into town on Saturday afternoon and arrived at the convention center to pick up our race packets. Periods of heavy rain and gusty winds had me a bit nervous about what things would be like on race morning. But, not too worry. Conditions were extremely good as we woke up early Sunday.
Clear skies, cool (but not cold) temps and only mild breezes created the 49,000 + runners who made the annual pilgrimage to Don Kardong's festival of running. Erin and Zoe headed to the start line a bit after 8:00 (we stayed at a motel within about 1K of the start); and, I followed at about 8:30. It was a perfect warmup distance to the second seed corral; and, had time to hit the porta pottie and get in a few strides.
The only real mistake I made was settling in a bit too far back from the front of the second seed runners. Once the gun went off, I probably was 3 to 4 seconds before hitting the start line, then had about 400 meters of very crowded street. But, I really tried to focus on staying controlled and keeping the pace reasonable. My training hadn't been going to well over the last month. Felt flat, heavy, fatigued and uninspired. Felt like a case of overtraining; but, whatever the case, didn't have really high expectations.
Earlier this year, I had hopes of running 42:30 to 43:30. But, with how I had been feeling and running recently, I was thinking that 47 or 48 may be as good as I was going to see. So, I was pleasently suprised when I hit the first mile at just under 6:00 pace. Then, got into a bit of a groove and just kept hitting 6:00's. Just barely over 6:10's for the miles that include sections of Doomsday hill.
Ran pretty strong into the finish and was happy to be right about 45:00. Turns out, ran exactly the same time as 2009 - 45:09. So, while not the time goal I had set earlier this year; it, was a pleasant suprise given how I felt coming into the event. Clearly though, I have a few things to work on over the summer.
In looking at pix and videos from my last couple of races, I see that my leg lift and stride length are pathetic. My leg turnover and general leg speed are also woefully lacking. And, I probably need to get some bloodwork done to make sure that I don't have some underlying physiological issues that are contributing. But, I'm confident that I can get back on track and be ready for lat summer and the fall racing/XC season.
As to the rest of the Montana crew. Here's a list of the top 25 Big Sky runners:
1. Jimmy Grant, 31, of Missoula, MT 0:39:20
2. Dewey Peacock, 30, of Bozeman, MT 0:42:21
3. Noah W Stout, 21, of Darby, MT 0:42:34
4. Ian C Blair, 38, of Billings, MT 0:43:34
5. Nicole B Hunt, 40, of Deer Lodge, MT 0:43:43
6. Jesse Q Carnes, 24, of Missoula, MT 0:43:52
7. Scott Gaiser, 47, of Kalispell, MT 0:43:53
8. Patrick T Murphy, 28, of St Ignatius, MT 0:44:23
9. Ted Burnham, 40, of Kalispell, MT 0:44:35
10. Doug Neil, 31, of Bozeman, MT 0:44:38
11. Jake Neil, 31, of Bozeman, MT 0:44:40
12. Ed Detzi, 43, of Bozeman, MT 0:44:52
13. Adam Peterman, 14, of Missoula, MT 0:44:57
14. Steve L Morley, 42, of Bigfork, MT 0:45:06
15. Tony Banovich, 47, of Plains, MT 0:45:09
16. Donald P Rosenleaf, 36, of Butte, MT 0:46:53
17. Brett J Larsen, 29, of Missoula, MT 0:46:54
18. Eddie P Mundall, 36, of Thompson Falls, MT 0:46:54
19. Mike D Jr Kallas, 25, of Butte, MT 0:47:07
20. Makena Morley, 13, of Bigfork, MT 0:47:22
21. Kal J Tucker, 22, of Bozeman, MT 0:47:24
22. Scott Stearns, 37, of Missoula, MT 0:47:39
23. Randy T Welch, 33, of Townsend, MT 0:48:03
24. Gary L Caton, 51, of Bozeman, MT 0:48:04
25. Mary K Thane, 46, of Missoula, MT 0:48:05
Some of the performances of note (from my pespective): Tops has to be Nicole Hunt's run. Competing with the elite women, she was 17th overall woman, 6th American and 1st master's women (she turned 40 just days before the race.). Here 43:43 is a screaming fast time and placed her 5th amongst all Montanan's. Kudo's to the new fastest old chick on the block.
Next up was Jimmy Grant of Missoula. Continuing his string of solid performances dating back to early 2009, Jimmy repeated as the fastest Montanan. His 39:20 got him 34th overall and was 3 minutes ahead of the next Big Sky athlete.
Dewey Peacock had a great run as the second Montanan and the only person besides Grant to break the 43:00 barrier.
Adam Peterman of Missoula, a Hellgate High freshman, took a break from his track season to pop off a sub 45 with his 44:57. That strenght served him well as the next weekend he just missed the sub-10:00 3200 mark. Not a bad "rookie" season.
Finally, there is a Makena Morley of Bigfork listed with a 47:22 time and an age of 13. If that's all accurate, we may very well have our next Zoe Nelson. Does anyone know anything more about this girl? If so, let me know.
Well, there you have it - another year of Bloomsday behind us; and, I'm glad that we made the trip over. Gave me a little shot in the ass and has inspired me to really commit to doing the little things that I need to do to get my times back down to be competitive with Ray, Kyle, Pat, Herring, Telling, et al.
See you on the roads, tracks and trails
The Muddy Buzzard
The Buzzard Took A Nap
Been away for a bit from posting. First off, we got back from Bloomsday on Sunday evening. I took off the next morning for a 4 day trip to Billings for work. Got home late Thursday and spent Friday getting caught up at home and work. Then off to Kalispell all day Saturday for the Archie Roe track meet.
On top of everthing else, we have been remodeling our living room. When we bough the house, the living room walls and celing were "finished" in ugly, dark brown paneling. '70's basement rec room flashbacks every day. It was dark and really detracted from the rest of the house.
So, we finally undertook getting it upgraded. We had someone come in to do sheetrock on the walls; and, hired someone to do tongue and groove pine on the ceiling and pine board trim around the doors and windows. In order to stay ahead of the contractors, I was using all of my free time to stain boards, trim out electrical devices and do general clean-up and dust control.
We're getting close to being done; but, still have to stain and install boards for wall base and trim around a closet and some upper windows. And, need to put up a "built in" book case that goes from floor to the 12' ceiling. It's been a lot of work and has really killed my "free time"; but, man, it really looks great. Will post some before and after photos when we get it all done.
But, now I'm back and ready for some posting on the last couple of weekends.
The Muddy Buzzard
On top of everthing else, we have been remodeling our living room. When we bough the house, the living room walls and celing were "finished" in ugly, dark brown paneling. '70's basement rec room flashbacks every day. It was dark and really detracted from the rest of the house.
So, we finally undertook getting it upgraded. We had someone come in to do sheetrock on the walls; and, hired someone to do tongue and groove pine on the ceiling and pine board trim around the doors and windows. In order to stay ahead of the contractors, I was using all of my free time to stain boards, trim out electrical devices and do general clean-up and dust control.
We're getting close to being done; but, still have to stain and install boards for wall base and trim around a closet and some upper windows. And, need to put up a "built in" book case that goes from floor to the 12' ceiling. It's been a lot of work and has really killed my "free time"; but, man, it really looks great. Will post some before and after photos when we get it all done.
But, now I'm back and ready for some posting on the last couple of weekends.
The Muddy Buzzard
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