Bowl for Kid's Sake - Results

Team "Texas Farm Bureau" had a great time at the bowling alley on a rainy Saturday afternoon. Our team raised a total of $1,054 for the kids in Central Texas.

Pictured left to right: Sarah Andrews, Linda Andrews, Slade Hornick and Kim Lucas.

I went to the bowling alley on Monday night to practice. After bowling 7 games my scores ranged from 150 - 231 with an average of 192, so I was feeling real good going into today hoping to raise quite a bit more money with all the pledges I had received totaling $1.65 per pin for my highest game.

Today was not my day, and this is a reminder for me from all of those bowling tournaments of days gone by. I CHOKE!!! As you can see from my scores, I didn't have a good day.






I want to give special thanks to the following people that donated or pledged to support such a good cause.

Bill O'Rourke
Barbara Austin
Rebecca Mergner
Linda Vineyard
Pam Swanstrom
Dan Burleson
Allison Stoffer
Betty Crigler
Gene Hall
Paul Marable
Curtis Childers
Johnny Pabian
Sue Sparks
Kathy Marlett
Marcia Bales
Renee Monahan
Darren Callaway
Cyndi Gerik
Maggie Krueger
Tracie Perkins

Wind, Wind, Wind

Wind, Wind, Wind
I didn't know that Waco was the windy city. Boy has it been bad. Today the wind was going 28 mph gusting up to 35.

Tammy and Karen went for a bike ride a couple of days ago and as they were leaving the house going south they were getting over 25 mph on their bikes. That was the really fun part for them. But just as anything goes up it must come down.... I guess you know where I'm going. They had to come back north. 6-8 mph and struggling to keep their balance. Karen even told me that she at one point was going to slow to clip out of her bike, she was afraid she was going to fall over.

They got back to the house and looked on-line for the weather and the wind was blowing 39 mph.

Redman Triathlon - September 23, 2006

It is a long way off - but I already have my training plan input into my logs. The training officially starts on May 7th. I think it is a 24 week plan.

Now I'm just trying to hold a good base and drop a few more pounds from all the candy, cookies and pie that I ate over the holidays. I'd like to get back down to 180 - this is what I feel is my optimal weight. I'm at 185 now, down from 190 about 2 weeks ago.

My knee is still an issue and the 50 mile run is now off the schedule for February. I'm hoping to still run the 50k on March 11th here in Waco. Also the bearathon is on March 4th - I plan on for sure doing that. It is just a 1/2 marathon and it being in Waco, I can hobble that far.

I guess I'll have to wait till Sunmart in December to run a 50 miler, the one in February is the last one within driving distance this spring.

Knee Update and other stuff.

Things are progressing real good with the "runner's knee". I was able to run 17 miles yesterday for my long run. The first 12-13 miles went without any pain in that knee, but I began to feel it around mile 14. I was practicing a run/walk of run 5 minutes/walk 1 minute. This seemed to help it by taking these little breaks.

Oddly enough, my right knee is totally fine today (one day after long run) - my left one is the one that is sore. But it feels like a normal soreness the day after.

Other Stuff:

I went into Robinson today to donate my $124 to the cause. Yes, I got a speeding ticket in November. I was ACCUSED of doing 49 in a 30. Yet the 30 was not posted anywhere on Stegal. That was my reason in pleading innocent - my citation said, "Posted: 30mph", yet it wasn't posted.

The prosecuting attorney quickly advised me that posted or not posted, inside the city limits it is 30 mpg unless otherwise posted. OK, OK - I guess you have me. What are my options? Defensive driving? - Actually because I hold a commercial drivers license, that is not an option for me anymore. Bummer, now I was down to A) Pay the fine, B) Take it to court. I didn't stand a chance in court by myself and don't have the money to hire Allen Shore (Attorney on Boston Legal). So, I opted for A. She was nice enough to knock off $35 for my trouble.

Have I learned a lesson? Time will tell, this is my 2nd speeding ticket in Robinson in the last 5 years. Both doing 49 in a 30. So, maybe it is not me - it could be their radar guns. So, when coming to Robinson, WATCH YOUR SPEED - we apparently need the money to FIX the ROADS!!!

Bowl for Kids' Sake

At Farm Bureau we have a team together to participate in the "Bowl for Kids' Sake" to benefit the Big Brothers/BigSisters in Central Texas. I set my personal goal to raise $70 for this event.

If you want you can donate a flat amount via the web site or to add a littlefun to it I'm taking pledges for my highest game.

If you want to pledge here is some information. I have bowled only 2 times since last May, but at that time was carrying about a 185 avg. So if you pledged 10 cents per pin and my highest game was a 185 - then BBBS will send you an invoice for $18.50. Of course you can pledge more or less - the 10 cents is just an example. Here is the web site for flat amount and you can just email me back if you want to pledge per pin.

Slade's Donation Page

If you want to pledge - then please email me your Name and Address so that BBBS can send you an invoice after the event.

Cool Graphic

Here is a cool graphic I found.