A Bitchin Bunton: October 2009

I can’t believe my last post was way back in August. School started and I guess time got away from me. Not only that, but we’ve been back and forth several times to Omaha and St. Louis to visit family and friends. Time flies when you’re having fun.

The weekend of October 10th I flew to St. Louis and ran in the DaVita Kidney Awareness 5k. My flight to St. Louis was anything but pleasant. Right after takeoff my stomach turned sour. Let’s just say that I am very aware of wear the barf bags are, and I now know the lavatory features inside and out on Southwest’s 737’s. To top it off we had a nice dose of turbulence. I fly this route very often and there’s never turbulence. I guess it just wasn’t my flight.

Anyway, back to the 5k. It was a lot of fun and very chilly. I think the temperature hovered right around the 41 degree mark. It took me until mile two before I warmed up. I even had my very own cheering squad there to support me - thanks Mel, Mike and TT!

Heading to the race

Some light stretching

Off we go!

Victory is mine!

Then this past weekend we headed back to St. Louis for Holly and Chad’s anniversary weekend. The day started off with lunch with a girlfriend of mine that I had not seen in years. We ate, drank and laughed for almost five hours.

That evening, Holly, Chad, Evan and I stayed downtown and had dinner at the Morgan Street Brewery. Saturday we switched hotels, had lunch and headed out to the wineries for the rest of the day. It was a spectacular weekend. We had such a great time with Holly and Chad. My only wish is that we could do it more often.

That sums things up for now.