running and baseball

a few weeks ago, i went up to michigan to run the calvin classic 5K with kelli. we strategically matched our running outfits so that the photographers around the course would take our picture.....

success! i think the photographer must have known i wasn't a calvin grad. but it was very nice of him to take the picture when we were close to the finish line - it appears as if we were cruising at this pace for the whole race. :)

a couple weeks later - the elim eagle's wings 5K. timothy christian represented quite well in this inaugural race. it was a little chilly before the race but perfect running weather.

finished! and i think this concludes my running season for the spring. i will admit i'm not the most motivated runner....i think i need a running buddy.

matt's baseball season also ended last week. they had a great year, finishing 15-9. i was very appreciative that we finally got some baseball weather the last week of the season and i am in short sleeves and not my winter coat!

the team - i was very proud of the fact that i knew everyone's name by the end of the season. i even had high school students asking me who people were during the games. :)

pe teacher for a day

friday, may 13, 2011

8:15 am

i take my first pe class outside for a rousing game of speedball, ignoring all whines and begs to stay inside out of the heat. as expected, my sweat glands did not let me down and by just standing in the middle of the field as the ref, i successfully started sweating far more than the group of girls who refused to walk more than 10 steps without a little stern encouragement.

11:15 am

the rowdy freshmen bunch bounded outside with more enthusiasm than i came to expect for a high school pe class. i was also surprised at the spring temperatures that decided to grace our presence...a mere 3 hours after i was ready to resign myself to the fact that we were jumping right from winter to summer. now this is the type of weather i would like from now until september, please.

1:15 pm

on to a class of middle schoolers, who are both complaining and rejoicing that today is the last day to run the mile. i'm giving them a pep talk that the weather is beautiful and it's a great day to run. i take no more than two steps outside and i'm made into a liar. now i'm just trying to cover myself and come up with reasons why a brisk wind and temperatures that are a solid 25-30 degrees cooler than this morning are still prime running conditions. i don't think they believed me...especially when i couldn't hide the goosebumps on my arms.

someone please help me....what season are we in again???

color

i didn't make it to tulip time this year but was very excited to get my tulip fix at the cantigny gardens. the only thing missing was a poffertjes and stroopwaffle stand! :)

we had a great weekend - marlin, karen, brent, and becca came to visit. saturday was a great day for baseball (aka - finally not raining!) and matt came away with 2 decisive wins. sunday was absolutely gorgeous and we had a beautiful day visiting the war museum and gardens at cantigny.

i love the color that is blooming all around us. the trees are now starting to lose their blooms, but the beautiful color is a welcome sign of spring to balance all the rain! now with warmer temperatures this week - ahh...i think we've finally brushed off the last taste of winter.