Thursday, October 11, 2007


Live to Run
Run to Live


Colorado Outward Bound Relay 2007
3 Mountain Passes, 24 Hours, 170 Miles

It was time to turn crazy, and run 17.4 miles of the 170 Colorado Outward Bound Relay. My roommate and friend Greta and I were on a team of 10 people, with 2 drivers and 2 volunteers that went over 3 mountain passes from Idaho Springs, CO to Glenwood Springs, CO (my home town). Everyone was required to run 3 different stretches of the relay, my total mileage amounted up to 17.4 miles. My first run was at about 10:30 in the morning, the next one was around 6:30pm and my last one was at 2:30 am. My team, Mountain Madness finished 18th over all and completed it in about 23 hours and 45 min.

Our Team Number
Greta gearing up for her first run
at 7 to early in the morning.

The exchange from Steve to Greta
The exchange from Greta to Alyssa
So strong!

Running up Granella Pass, at dying
(the altitude was killing me)
The end of my fist leg.
Greta and Molly
Fall in the Rockies
Waiting for our next run
The second exchange between Greta and Steve
Run Greta Run!
Right before my second stretch.
After 5 pm it was required to run with a head lamp and a reflector vest. FUN!
The second exchange between Daryle and me

Beyond this point we were either to tired to take more picts,
and/or it was to dark to take more picts.

The race finished in sunny Glenwood Springs, where Greta and I were able to go back to my house eat some hearty food and sleep the day away. So glad that we didn't have to cram back into the Ford Excursion and make our way back to Idaho Springs.
BIRTHDAY BLUES
September 2, 2007

Happy Birthday to me
Happy Birthday to me
Happy 21st Birthday dear Molly Rose
Happy Birthday to me!!!!!!!
Ross, Molly, Tara, Michelle, Bennett, Greta
Not sure what
Justin, Tara and Ryan
are doing...
Greta and Molly
Kevin, Molly, TaraA familiar face from a different place...
(Remember him from Bamberg?)
Ted and Molly

The Gang
Kevin, Chere, Matt, Tara, Molly, Justin, Ryan, Michelle, Bennett, Ross, Ted

The Bars
(First time in American bars...)


Cheree and Molly
Justin and Kevin
Michelle, Molly, Tara, ChereeTed and Molly
I must not have like the taste of something...Some random people that Tara knows
(she knows the whole world)Strange people that I happen to knowSomeone must be happy!

Wednesday, October 10, 2007

My sister Tara happened to be in the right place and the right time (or you could reverse that and say she was in the wrong place at the wrong time) to catch a little bit of the discovery channel. How it's done monkey style.
(also I tried to post this in my Spain post, but I just couldn't figure it out, sorry)