Countown to 40 - 2007

I ran my first marathon in March and loved it. I was able to raise over $3,000 for World Vision and had a great support crew of Jenny and Michaela cheering me on at several points around the course. In the end I finished in 3:56:43 with Jenny screaming at me to hurry up so I could cross the finish in less than four hours, she'd forgotten that it took me about three minutes to cross the start line!

Summer of '07 saw us take our first trip to Belfast in six years. It was long overdue. How wonderful it was to catch up with family and a couple of old friends, actually Steve Stockman and Peter Little were the only two friends I got together with on this trip. It rained a lot but we enjoyed ourselves, great time on the North Antrim Coast. This really is God's country!

Labor Day weekend Jenny and I headed to VA Beach for the Rock'n'Roll half marathon. October brought the Army Ten Miler and this year we had a church team enter. November saw me tackle my second marathon in Richmond, 3:43:35, I'm getting faster!

April 20th I was fixed!

For both the spring and fall seasons I helped coach my kids soccer team. I really enjoyed this and hope I can coach again some time in the future. I think this was the first year that we started to see our lives begin to revolve around our children's activities! I understand it only gets busier from here on out!

I enjoyed 2007.