Hot Chocolate 10K

Saturday, April 13, 2024

This morning we ran the Hot Chocolate 10K in Minneapolis. This was a great race for me the first 5K was 40 seconds faster than Goldy's 5K on Sunday. The second half wasn't so great but there is the big hill at mile 4 and my feet were hurting at mile 5 and 6. Overall I finished 2 minutes faster than last year so that is a huge win!

















 

Goldy's 5K 2024

Sunday, April 7, 2024

We made the last minute discussion to run the Goldy's 5K. My brother has been walking a ton so I told him that needed to do a 5K.  So we registered yesterday and picked up our bibs before the Loons game. Alec started near the start and ran a mile before Eric, Mike and I even started!  Alec finished 14th overall with a time for 19:47. Eric came in at 33 minutes, I was just under 43 minutes and Mike was under 53 minutes. It was a chilly wet race but thankfully the rain came after we were done running.


Beautiful sunrise on the way to the race.


Keeping warm before the race. We met up with my friend Meghan


Start!

Finish


All finished


Mike had a PR


Cool medal


Loon's Game Banner

Saturday, April 6, 2024

Eric, DJ, Mike, and Alec held the banner tonight at the Loons Game. It was an exciting game with the Loons tying the game in the 87th minute. 








 

Welcome to NYC!

Monday, March 18, 2024

We flew into NYC on Friday for Michael's wedding. The flight was pretty uneventful with some nice views coming into LaGuardia.



It didn't take long for us to grab our luggage and catch an Uber to the hotel. The Uber was the best choice. It only took 30 minutes to get to the hotel vs an hour on public transportation. We also had a nice view from the Kosciuszko Bridge. 


We dropped our luggage off, ran into Matt, Noah, Elizabeth and Jim and called another Uber to The Wicked Monk for the Rehearsal Dinner. I rode with Elizabeth and Jim and we got caught up on all life's events. It has been 4 years since we last saw them in Brussels.  The meal was delicious. Even though it was a Friday during Lent, Eric gave me "permission" to eat the Chicken Cordon Bleu and Steak. I got a really nice photo of the Morales family.

 It turned into a late night but I got some nice photos on the ride back to the Hotel.
Verrazzano-Narrows Bridge to Staten Island