This year started out, as many of you know, with my mom & dad coming down to Texas to get me through my first marathon. My dad ran the Houston Marathon with me on Jan. 13th, and my mom & Rob took care of Madison during my 5:15 run. My dad did a great job of keeping me motivated and getting me across the finish line, though I am sure there were times that he wanted to just pick me up and run with me, so as to go a little faster. It was at mile 24 I believe that he pushed ahead of me to the b-b-q & beer stand that some spectators had set up and got a beer and drank it while waiting for me. (It was only a few seconds, but it seemed really unfair that he was rested enough to do that while I was fighting every mental and physical temptation on urge to stop) I must say that running a marathon is a lot like having a baby... and I will leave it at that!
In February, about 6 weeks later, I ran the Armadillo Dash here in College Station. It is "only" a half marathon, and I completed it in 2:15. I was very happy about that. I was really aiming for about 2:10, but the last 4 miles were straight into gusty winds, so no matter how hard I pushed, the wind was stronger, and I ended up burning myself out so when I hit the last half mile I had no room or energy in me to "kick it". But I am still very happy with that time.
I took a little while off of running, but now I am back and doing a 10k on Saturday, in Brenham, TX. It is the Blue Bell Ice Cream Fun Run. You get ice cream at the end. 'Nuff said!
Crowley Custom Homes (Rob's company) is also having a good year. www.crowleyconstructioninc.com for those who want to check it out. He sold one of the houses in Feb. to a young couple that we are now friends with. They are going to move in in a few months when it is done. And yesterday he sold another house that he just poured the slab on, got a custom, 2 remodels, and possibley found a buyer for some land that he wants to flip. So apparently (knock on wood) the market here is still going strong. Thankfully.
Also, for those of you who didn't know, I now work at Texas A&M University, in the Real Estate Development Department. So I finally get to put this Master's Degree to work. :)
