It’s Hard to Say Goodbye

In Memory of Brenda Ramsey (A wonderful wife, mother, grandmother, and friend) It was almost two weeks ago that Rachel’s mom (Brenda), my mother-in-law, passed away after battling ALS (Lou Gehrig ’s disease) for just over two and a half years.  When Brenda was first diagnosed with this horrible disease she was informed that aContinue reading “It’s Hard to Say Goodbye”

Our First Full Marathon: A Cautionary Tale

I would love to tell you that running our first full marathon was easy.  I would love to say that when we reached mile 25 we knew we were going to finish.  I would even love to say the weather was perfect.  But, I can’t say any of that.  What I can say is thatContinue reading “Our First Full Marathon: A Cautionary Tale”

Marathon Training: Have Fun With It!

We are officially in the tapering phase of our training for the full marathon.  Looking back, our long runs have definitely been interesting and full of both humor and adventure.  I always say that you have to do your best to make every run interesting and find a way to have fun with it.  Thus,Continue reading “Marathon Training: Have Fun With It!”

Running For Life

If people are wondering why Rachel and I decided to train for a marathon I have attached a local news story that was done on us by CBS 11 News in Dallas, TX.  It ran last Saturday during the evening news as well as twice during the MDA Telethon last Sunday.  For those of youContinue reading “Running For Life”