Brady

In my Spare time.

2011-08-01T23:02:00.000-06:00

I have been busy doing a few things. Like planting my grass in my park strip. This was taken a month ago, so now the grass is almost all filled in. I have had a few bids to landscape my yard but so far I don't think even the landscapers are too anxious to do it. It looks like I may be spending a few days myself as a landscaper

I've been working on my tan lines too. In my efforts to train for LOTOJA I have received some pretty gnarly tan lines. Some on my legs and these here on my back.

Hanging out with Emmett

2011-08-01T22:54:00.001-06:00

I spent a Saturday evening with Emmett. We went and got some ice cream, played in the park, threw rocks in the water, and topped the night off watching Toy Story.

Helicopter ride over Disney World

2011-08-01T22:50:00.000-06:00

While on a trip to Orlando for work, I was able to take a short helicopter ride over disney world resort before heading to the airport to return home. This was my first helicopter flight and it was quite enjoyable, even from the back seat.

Bear Hunting

2011-05-29T18:54:00.000-06:00

Here is the Ranger Station we rented.

This is my first Bear and first thing I have shot with my .308. I shot the Bear from about 150 yards away.

This is the view from the Ranger station we stayed at. It rained most of the time and snowed some.

LOTOJA Classic 2011

2011-05-04T13:57:00.000-06:00

Thank you again for your 2011 LOTOJA Classic application. This year's response to our open registration period was at an all-time high so it has taken some extra time to go through each and every application (it also hasn't helped that our web server has been down for the past six days). Whatever our reasons, we simply appreciate your patience and understanding during your wait time.

This email is being sent to inform you that your 2011 LOTOJA application HAS BEEN SELECTED AND YOU HAVE A SPOT IN THIS YEAR'S LOTOJA! We hope you are excited to receive this news!

MY FIRST TRIATHLON- That wasn't a triathlon

2011-04-30T17:46:00.001-06:00

Triathlon Results from my first Tri. The bike was actually cancelled because of the slush on the road. So we swam, ran, and swam. Thank goodness for the running because I drank half to pool.

Jake talked me into doing this Tri last minute and so I signed up this week. I think I'll be doing more in the future. It was pretty fun. I just need to learn how to swim. I came in third in my age group and 14th overall (out of 132 total) which I was happy for because I hadn't trained for it really.

Marathon Recap

2011-04-24T18:32:00.001-06:00

So you may not be able to see it very well in the picture but that is a fire engine. This is what showed up at my Hotel the night before the race. I went to bed at about 9:00 pm because I had to get up at 4:00 to get ready, drive to the subway, and catch the bus to the starting line. The race didn't start until 10:00 a.m. So as I'm trying to fall asleep in the hotel and I just get to sleep and the fire alarm goes off. I couldn't believe it. Luckily it only rang three times and shut off. So I went back to bed. I could hear the fire trucks pull up and the lights were flashing. It was also raining outside. So I was worried it was going to be raining during the race like it was when I ran it in 2007. Finally the Fire Trucks leave and I still can't sleep. I think I got a total of 3 hours that night. I made it to the start just fine and it was cold and windy. By 10:00 the wind had died down a little bit and it was a little warmer. I couldn't remember a whole lot from 2007, so this time I was prepared. I knew that right from the start there was a slight down hill for the first few miles. I held myself back a little trying not to beat my legs up in the first few miles. It was also slow going with all of the people on the course with such narrows roads. 27,400 entrants in total this year. It was nice and sunny the whole race with a slight tail wind. At mile 18 I started to cramp up a little in my quads and my left calf. This is where I had to slow down. I finished in 3:28:58. I was happy to be across the finish line. I made it back to the car and on the way home I stopped at McDonalds of all place and got some food. I was starving. I could smell food the last few miles of the race and it made me so hungry. Along the course you have spectators handing out snacks like orange slices, lifesavers, popsicles, and other snacks. I took a lifesaver from a little kid and a popsicle from a little girl. They tasted so good. So after I got back to my hotel room I showered and was resting and I could hear helicopters flying over the hotel. I didn't think anything of it until I turned the channel to the news and saw that the mall across the street was on lockdown because two ladies saw a man with a rifle enter the store. After a couple of hours they found the man and his rifle, which was really an umbrella with a sling. When he had is slung over his shoulder it looked like a rifle. It made for an interesting ending to my day. Overall, it was a great time in Boston. I'm ready to go back.

PS. I asked the girls at the front desk why the fire alarm went off. They told me that someone had burnt their toast and opened the door to the hallway. They asked how long I had to wait outside after evacuating. I told them I went back to bed. I had a race to run.

115th Annual Boston Marathon Finishers Medal

2011-04-24T17:51:00.000-06:00

I have fully recovered from the marathon and am ready to start running again. Next up is the Ragnar Relay. We are doing an ultra team again this year.

Boston Won

2011-04-17T08:40:00.000-06:00

Adidas at the Expo

2011-04-17T08:33:00.000-06:00

Fenway Park

2011-04-17T08:30:00.000-06:00

I had a great seat. It was a little cold but fun.

Airplane flight to Boston

2011-04-14T19:13:00.001-06:00

We have stopped in Chicago before headig to Boston. I have already met another Boston Qalifier on my flight. The excitement is starting to build. I read a great article in Runners World Magazine on why earning a Boston Marathon Qualifying Time is such an obsession for so many runners. I was debating on applying for St. George Marathon but now I think I'll do it. My quest to finish a marathon under 3 hours begins.

Human Machine

2011-04-06T21:01:00.000-06:00

Boston Marathon Fun Facts

2011-04-06T20:55:00.000-06:00

4.5

This is the "grade of Boston Marathon's Heartbreak Hill. The .37-mile climb is the last of four in the up-and-down Newton Hills section." www.Runnersworld.com

After training in the Rocky Mountains, the hills in Boston are manageable.

Boston Red Sox Game

2011-04-06T20:17:00.000-06:00

I will be catching a Red Sox game while in Boston. Even though I'm not much of a Red Sox fan it should be fun.

Athlete Alerts: Sign up to follow my progress during the race

2011-04-04T17:33:00.002-06:00

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Start Time: 10:00 am

2011-04-04T17:27:00.003-06:00

Two weeks from today!

2011-04-04T17:06:00.003-06:00

My new Running Shoes

2011-04-03T00:48:00.003-06:00

Boston Marathon is two weeks away. I think these might be the lucky shoes that take me across the finish line.

Story

2011-04-02T21:47:00.001-06:00

Kitchen

2010-04-01T21:10:00.004-06:00

The driveway is in and the now looks like a kitchen.

Views from the house

2010-03-28T23:20:00.004-06:00

Check out that moon.

3/28/10

2010-03-28T13:32:00.004-06:00

Notice anything new? They'll be pouring the driveway if the weather warms up.

Coyote

2010-03-21T18:06:00.005-06:00

I was sitting in my FJ and this coyote walked by. It was limping and didn't look like it was afraid of cars. Unfortunately I didn't have my gun.

3/20/2010

2010-03-21T11:31:00.001-06:00

Ernest Hemingway

2010-03-15T22:47:00.002-06:00

On my last trip to Chicago I went and visited the birth place of Ernest Hemingway. I learned that he died in Ketchum Idaho.

3/15/2009

2010-03-15T22:31:00.000-06:00

They've got the rock on and it's ready for the stucco.

Monster Spray is on Sale now!!!

2010-03-08T20:27:00.001-07:00

One more

2010-02-21T19:11:00.001-07:00

Making good progress

2010-02-14T23:37:00.001-07:00

Here is the progress from the last pictures.

Wake Boarding off the Dock

2010-02-06T20:31:00.004-07:00

Bonney Lake I believe.

Coming back from wake boarding.

Golfing in Washington

2010-02-06T20:24:00.002-07:00

Playing a few holes of golf in Washington.

Casey and the french fry

2010-02-06T20:19:00.001-07:00

View from the back

2010-02-06T20:11:00.001-07:00

This is a view from the back.

2010-02-06T19:58:00.002-07:00

UNDER CONSTRUCTION: They have finally started. Here is what it looks like so far. This is a view from the front of the house.

Sun Crest

2009-04-30T23:19:00.000-06:00

The nice view I have from the house.

It's been awhile!!

2009-02-25T17:13:00.000-07:00

So I thought I'd post a quick note. It's been awhile since I have been on here. Here are some recent pictures of me working hard and me having fun.

2008-11-10T16:32:00.000-07:00

Some pictures I took this fall from my hunting adventures.

A picture from my trip to Lake Powell.

2008-09-22T11:23:00.000-06:00

I went to Lake Powell with some of my friends from Denver.

2008-06-26T10:29:00.000-06:00

So we finished the Wasatch Back Relay. We weren't the fastest team but we had a lot of fun. We ran the second legs of the 181 mile relay. Here is a picture of Van #2.

Little Valley

2008-05-06T22:08:00.001-06:00

This is what it looks like on May 06 2008. There's still quite a bit of snow up there and a lot of run off coming down.

DEAD FISH

2008-05-06T22:05:00.001-06:00

Here is one of the fish that died in little valley. Pretty big fish.

A day in Paris!

2008-05-06T21:59:00.001-06:00

I went for a ride up to little valley. There was still snow on the road and all kinds of mud! There was an algee bloom or something and killed quite a few fish.

A few hours out on the farm. I got to run the tractor for a bit. Pretty fun stuff!

ONE YEAR ANNIVERSARY!!

2008-03-31T23:54:00.000-06:00

Believe it or not, today is the one year anniversary of my being in Colorado. Seems like it has flown by.

WHAT ARE WE LOOKING AT?

2008-03-31T22:25:00.000-06:00

Here is what a Yurt looks like on the inside. Can you see who's missing in one of the pictures? And can you see the green haze in the air?

My Artistic Ability

2008-03-31T22:18:00.000-06:00

Yep, I sure do have artistic abilities. Check out this picture I drew one day during recreational therapy at the Hospital. No, I wasn't a patient. I worked there.

FELIZ PASCUA!!

2008-03-23T22:16:00.000-06:00

The goons come out at night!

2008-03-23T21:55:00.000-06:00

Last night I had the wonderful experience of being woken up at 2:30 a.m. to a couple of drunk guys fighting. From what I over heard, the one guy kicked the other guy out of his apartment for some reason, but the guy that got kicked out didn't want to leave because his hat was in there and it was sentimental to him because his girlfriends mom had given it to him. So after they threatened to shoot each other a couple of times, the owner of the apartment had had enough and kicked the crap out of the guy that wouldn't leave. The funny thing about that is after the guy had his face bloodied up he came back again for his shoe that he'd lost in the scuffle. Then he borrowed the neighbors cell phone to call the police. So the police came and ended the drunken altercation. I had a wonderful view of the whole fisticuffs from my apartment. Needless to say, I didn't get much sleep.

Bread Making

2008-03-12T16:51:00.000-06:00

Does anyone have any tips on bread making? I have made to loaves of bread so far with 90% of the ingredients. I've been trying to make wheat bread. Both loaves turned out hard on the outside but not bad on the inside. They also didn't rise to there full potential. I'm guessing once I have all the ingredients together I'll be a succesful bread maker. Stay tuned!

My Christmas present from Casey and Mel

2008-03-02T18:36:00.000-07:00

Here is my Breadmaker. I got tired of running to the store just to buy bread so I decided to use my Bed Bath and Beyond gift certificate that Casey and Mel gave me for Christmas to by a breadmaker.

Snow slide at Chimney Rock

2008-03-02T18:32:00.001-07:00

The yurt

2008-03-02T18:30:00.000-07:00

At Trip to the Downtown Aquarium

2008-02-28T22:15:00.001-07:00

Snowmobiling pictures

2008-02-20T18:02:00.000-07:00

This is me in front of the warming hut on 2.18.2008
Here is the snow marker out in the middle of horseshoe basin.
This is a view of Bear Lake from the top of the fourth hollow.

Saturday Morning Pheasant Hunting

2008-02-10T11:47:00.000-07:00

Here is a pheasant
Here is a chukar

This is Doug and myself at the end of our hunt with the dogs and birds.

This is a picture of the club house where we ate breakfast and lunch and they also have a room where you can clean the birds. You can also see the crate on the back of the ATV that they take the birds out into the field and release them. Below you can see Mike and Doug out in the field we were hunting in.

This was my first time pheasant hunting and it was absolutley a blast! We had 6 pheasants and 4 chukar placed out in the field. We ended up shooting 5 pheasants and 1 chukar. We missed about 6 others! I went with two guys from work who had the dogs (a black lab and a pointer). I'm sure we'll be going again soon!

Trip to Lake Powell

2008-02-04T00:43:00.000-07:00

Reminiscing

2008-02-04T00:14:00.000-07:00

Jake and I as volunteer firefighters in Argentina, and our camping trip to mirror lake. Notice our awesome makeshift shelter and the huge fish I caught!

2008-02-03T22:11:00.001-07:00

Countdown To Ragnar Relay

WASATCH BACK Ragnar Relay!!

2008-02-03T21:54:00.000-07:00

Think of it as a 178-mile party with 12 best friends. Teams of 12 will rock out to live bands, enjoy the wacky participant costumes, and make life-long friends with teammates and competitors. Teams will party along the backside of the beautiful Wasatch Mountains from Logan (85 miles north of Salt Lake City) to Park City, Utah (15 miles east of Salt Lake City).

Ragnar was a 9th century Norse King. He was a pirate, a raider, a conqueror, an explorer, and a wild man. The tough, fearless, rugged attributes of this Norse King are shared by all who participate in a Ragnar Relay. In much the same way, a Ragnar Relay provides runners the freedom to roam, to explore - a free-spirited curiosity to get out there and experience outdoor adventure. And maybe even to conquer. And though tough or rugged may not perfectly describe you, these attributes become a goal - something to strive for.

What does Soliciting mean?

2008-01-28T22:40:00.000-07:00

I love these signs! So, I walked into this place prettending like they were clients of mine but then after talking to them they say, "we don't use ADP we use Paychex" so then I found out who they use. I ended up getting an appointment with them about a month later. They ended up having about 325 employees, and are now in the process of switching to ADP. I guess their no Soliciting sign didn't work.

JEEPN'

2008-01-20T18:26:00.000-07:00

Casey and I went for a little drive.

Gunnison Colorado

2008-01-20T18:19:00.000-07:00

Took a camping trip to Gunnison this summer.

Live From Denver Colorado

2008-01-20T16:47:00.000-07:00

So I've been here in Denver for about 10 months. I have enjoyed the adventure so far! I just moved from Centennial to Denver a little over a month ago and now live in a place called "The Breakers" http://www.thebreakersresort.com/ So far I like it except for the fact that the Hot tub is broken. I am enjoying my two jobs. My full time job wokring for Automatic Data Processing http://www.smallbusiness.adp.com/ keeps me on my toes. I spend time working with bankers and CPA's trying to get them to refer me business. I also do a lot of phone and foot prospecting. My second job at Bass Pro Shops http://www.basspro.com/ is in sales also, I get to sale Tracker boats and Arctic Cat ATV's on Friday and Staurday nights. The best part is the store discount! I figured I take a second job to give me something to do on the weekends and to take advantage of the discount and stock up on my outdoor NEEDS. I have picked up a few new hobbies or past times since I've been here in colorado. The first one is gold panning and the second is coyote hunting and the third is investing in small stocks. On my nights off I'm usually at the gym either playing some ball or lifting weights. I'm taking a break from running (mainly because I don't like to run inside and it's not fun running in the cold), so I'm pretty outta shape.