new hobby

this year, amanda started running, and she pretty much hasn't stopped. i like to think that i inspired her, but that's probably not true. i made her read born to run, which in my mind, gave her that push out the door. then came a few more books, thanks to my friend jordan, and she was hooked. she ran her first race in april, the apple blossom 10k. she did ran an awesome race and i'm pretty sure she didn't even break a sweat crossing the finish line. now her goal is to run a half marathon this fall.

amanda and jessie (amanda regretfully beat her)

 finishing strong (note the gross sausage stand)

 piper showing her support (no sweat)

unfortunately for me, she is way better at running than i am. she has already run 220 miles this year to my 130. she's killing me! a fun thing we have going right now is a little mileage competition with our friend stephen in seattle, which i set up on nike+ between the 3 of us. stephen has the lead for now, but i think amanda will take him in the end. i'm a spectator at this point. amanda is awesome and i love her. the end.

this month not going so well for me