Sunday, September 28, 2008

A Little Bit about a Lot of Things

I talked about faith today in church. You can listen here.

We had a bunch of new people over to our house after worship this morning. I always enjoy Starting Point because I get to know new people--something that is difficult to do on Sunday morning. I love listening to people's stories and hearing about their dreams in life. Today's group of people were excited about church and a fun group to hang out with.

It was boy's night tonight at the Finnestad's. Amber went out with some friends for a well-deserved night of fun. David, Benjamin, and I had lots of fun of our own playing and wrestling.

Speaking of playing, Nebraska looked awful last night in their football game. Even though the game was close at the end, Nebraska couldn't run the ball, missed tackles, and made lots of silly mistakes. Missouri on Saturday night. If Nebraska doesn't play better, this one will be scary.

Congratulations to occasional training partner and friend, Gary, for getting his Boston Qualifier this morning at the Omaha Marathon. Congratulations as well to regular training partner, Christy, for winning the Omaha Half Marathon this morning. Happy 40th Birthday to occasional training partner Dave. We won't be in the same age group for another year and a half!

A new world record was set this morning in the marathon in Berlin. Haile Gebrselassie ran an astounding 2:03:59. That's under 4:44 per mile for 26.2 miles. Crazy.

It was good to see Lonnie Gibson in church this morning. She and her family moved to San Antonio last summer. She was back in town for a wedding. Lonnie is a frequent reader and occasional contributor to this blog. We miss having her and the family around.

Training Update:

I gave the legs a rest today and worked out on the Concept 2 Rowing Machine.

15 minutes easy rowing.
25 minutes of 1 minute harder rowing with 2 minutes of easy rowing for recovery.
10 minutes easy rowing.

14000 meters total in one hour.