2010/2011

2010 went by much too fast! However I have lots of things to be thankful for. First, my Dad's Multiple Myeloma is in remission after 5 of 8 chemo treatments. The doctors evidently had the wrong dosage and 5 treatments instead of the 8 scheduled cleared things up. However, the side-effects were pretty harsh to Dad. Next, the sale of the Keithley Instruments to Danaher is complete and we are now part of the Tektronics group. There was much speculation about what would happen but things appear to be good and 2011 will be an interesting year for sure.

I completed my second Burning River 100-Mile run in July with my goal finish time of sub 24-hours achieved! (23 hours and 31 minutes) It was an incredible experience and one of those days were almost everything went as planned. I tallied my miles for the year and ended up with 1495 miles! Too bad I did not do this a couple of days sooner since I am sure that I would have managed to get another 5 miles....

Goals for this year? Complete the Laurel Highlands Ultra. (77-miles) This race contains a lot more hills and will be a great challenge to complete. Someone said that it is a 100-mile race disguised as a 77-miler... Should be "fun"... I also want to complete the "Run with Scissors" double marathon in the fall again.

My parents will celebrate their 50th wedding anniversary this summer along with Denise and I having our 20th! Should be lots of reasons to celebrate! Denise and I hope to get the family back to the ADK again for some great hiking! Mt Marcy is calling our name this summer...