trizou update

the TriZou triathlon is one week from now. They've been sending out emails about the race for the past week. One described the bike/run course and the bike course is gonna be extremely hard. It's a big circle with two huge hills, but the real kicker is that it's a two lap course. So we get to go up a grand total of 4 giant hills.

The biking has been the hardest to train for. Because Columbia doesn't have a whole lot of open roads that aren't filled with traffic lights. Any good biking is on really busy roads and I'm not willing to take that risk. But, on race day the roads will have cones on them so I'm assuming it'll be safer than normal days. So I still haven't gotten the chance to ride 14 miles than run 3.

I'm really excited about the whole thing. Since it's my first tri, I'm just looking to finish even if that

means finishing last. Maybe next year I'll look for a decent time.

NHL post season

I wasn't able to watch the Canadiens v. Bruins live but the highlights made it seem like a great game. Carey Price did amazing with 31 saves. I've always had a lot of respect for outstanding goalies. Because it seems like such a difficult position, and to be great at it is impressive.

big ben's big wedding

Just a little personal background here. Ben Roethlisberger is getting married this summer to my cousin-in-law's (I don't know if that's actually a title) sister. So by marriage I'll be sort of, but not really be related to Big Ben. My cousins were invited to the wedding because they live in Pennsylvania and have actually had Ben over to their house. It's safe to say that my Steelers loving brothers and myself are extremely jealous

opening day

Is there any better day than opening day? There's nothing like the start of baseball season, especially in St. Louis. Stl is the epitome of a baseball town where at least 60% of the population wears cardinals gear or red on opening day (that's not an over exaggeration).

Players love playing for the Cards because the fans are awesome. The fans will cheer for players on the other team if they use to play for the red birds. People clapped for good ole' Ryan Ludwick when he stepped up to the plate yesterday. Last year I went to a game against the Reds (the only other central league team who could/did challenge the cards for the pennant) and everyone clapped for Scott Rolen. You don't see that kind of a fan base from the cubs.

We're all looking forward to a new season of baseball. Despite losing what seems like half our pitching staff and Holliday being out for a little while having an appendectomy.