Random bits and pieces of life

Memorial Day...a day where we remember the sacrifice our troops have made for our country so that we may be free. I thank the families of the troops who have died in recent years and my prayers go out to them and their comrads. May God bless all of you!

I ran a 5k race on Monday. It was my first race back after about a month of taking it easy after track season. I ran about a 19 flat. I am very pleased with the time. I plan on running another 5k this saturday with my roommate Michael Jennys. It should be a fun one. We may fool off more than actually race, we will see though.

This Monday I was also blessed to have received a snowboard from my two buddies Cardin and Reece Sellers! Thank you guys :) I will certainly miss you two!

Tomorrow Ben Mattice is coming down for the afternoon. He is my best bud that I do not get to see much anymore. I am looking forward to hanging out with him and catching up on life.

My blog now has over 100 hits! People who come by my site...please comment! :P

It has been awhile since my last post. This is because I was in Cleveland for about 6 days for my brother Sam's graduation from dental school. He is pictured above. I did not have internet connection while I was there so it made it hard for me to post. I am so proud of my brother! Congratulations Sam!!!

I am a little out of shape right now, though getting back to running has been good, after a week off in Cleveland. I feel like lingering injuries are finally beginning to heal! Praise the Lord!

Summer Goals.

I have made several goals this summer. I am a big believer in goal setting. Achieving goals gives a person a sense of accomplishment, as well as helps make a better person as a result of achieving goals. Sharing goals is also important to. Being able to share a goal allows others to encourage a person to achieve his goals. Here are my goals this summer:

1. Running- I hope to run 700 miles this summer for summer mileage. My mileage starts on June 4th and ends on August 14th. I also want to run a half marathon near the end of July or the beginning of August.

2. The goal here is to read through the Gospels this summer as well as memorize the first chapter of First John. First John seemed to be a favorite book of Ron Bouvier...I will miss him for sure!

3. I want to read 5 books. It'll be good to keep my mind active this summer.

Shock

After some confusion, I have been able to get my blog back again...

Today a friend called me to notify me of a death of a guy who had a huge impact on me during my elementary, jr high, and early highschool years. In elementary, he was a camp director and worked at the church with us kids. In jr. high he coached my basketball team and taught me to love God and his Word, which he continued to do for me in highschool. His death comes as a surprise, though he has had complications most of his life. Pray for his wife and his three young kids. Bouv, we will always miss you and will never forget the impact you have had on so many lives.

Swazirunner

Home again

I ran ok in my last couple of track meets, wish I would have ran faster, but thats life as a runner I suppose.

I am home once again after another eventful year of college. I'm unpacking stuff and getting ready for the summer ahead. I have many dreams and aspirations for this summer, one of which is to understand the intracies of blogging on the blogger site and figuring out how I can get more traffic on this site.

Anyhow, when I have more down time I plan to write down some of my goals for this summer on this site, as well as figure out how to get a profile pic on here as well as other things. Expect some changes soon!!!

Swazirunner