Holiday Letter 2005
December is upon us. As we begin to receive your cards and well wishes, we realize the standard that you set for us to respond with yet another inspiring Christmas letter about our stellar year. Well forget it because inspiring … Continued
Mike Thomas called to Heaven
This last week was a tough one in Sara’s family. We found out on Wednesday that Mike Thomas – Sara’s sister Ann’s husband died in his sleep on Monday. We all miss him already, and are really glad that we … Continued
Challenged Athlete’s Race
Wow!What a weekend. We traveled down to San Diego for the annual fund raiser half inroman triathlon for the Challenged Athlete’s Foundation. This foundation helps to make it possible for athletes to contiue to compete and overcome challenges like amputation … Continued
Nike Run Hit Wonder Training Run
Sara and I wanted to see how recovered we were a week after the Ironman so we did a training run with friends gearing up for the Nike Run Hit Wonder. Great run and we even had a change to … Continued
Ironman Wisconsin Race Update
Good Morning Everyone, The race is over and it was an epic day, here are some of the highlights. Sara placed 4th in her age group with a time just under 12 hours, Kari made it to mile 16 on … Continued
Gilles 50th Wedding Anniversary – What a Blast!
When we first starting planning for the Gilles 50th Wedding Anniversary a year ago I am not sure we were prepared for the fun, entertainment, closeness and memories this was has brought to all of us that were involved. Here … Continued
Listen to our Speeches
Below is a speech post for each of our MMP homework of us doing speeches for our mentor. You can click on the link below to download the wav files to listen: KariandSaraSpeeches
Memorial Day Half Marathon
Happy Memorial Day to all. Sara and I got up early to run the in the Saddleback Memorial Day Half Marathon in Laguna Hills near our old home. Great cool morning that turned out to be a beautiful sunny day. … Continued
La Jolla Half Marathon – killer race
We went back to the Jolla Half Marathon this morning after a couple of years and we weren’t disappointed. The weather was threatening rain all week however for some reason the course was beautiful with cool weather with overcast skies … Continued