Hello, My name is JAYME.

One year older, a few pounds heavier and a little hairier I crossed the finish line in Manteo again. Justine and myself traveled out to Kitty Hawk on Saturday and prepped ourselves for her first half marathon and my second. Since taking on quite a bit of work in my spare time I didn’t have much of an opportunity to train this year - not to mention the sweltering heat that persisted through the end of September and into early October. It was a much more friendly experience this time around because I knew what to expect. The course was pretty much the same except they added more course before the bridge and moved the finish closer. I also learned this year that it indeed does help to eat during the race. I munched on a complimentary Snickers Marathon granola bar for the 13 mile trek and boy was it good! I didn’t really know what my goal was last year except just to finish the race. My goal this year was the same and I was hoping to beat last year’s time, but I was 4 minutes slower (2 hours, 23 mins), but I did run the entire race, so I was happy about that. Mom, Dad, Kelly, Woody and Jennifer decided to get sneaky and show up at the finish line. Sorry you guys drove all that way and didn’t make it in time to see me finish! Maybe I’ll get everyone involved next year in the run or the fun walk. Justine finished the race in 3 hours, just as she had trained for - great job baby! All in all, it was a good little getaway and we had a great time.

As you can probably see, I’ve added all the photos from our trip and now I’ve finally gotten the YouTube clips up. You can see them here:

http://youtube.com/profile_videos?user=mandolinplaya&p=r

Justine and I had finished eating at Rain Forest Cafe at Downtown Disney. When we got outside there was a crowd gathered around listening to his live Latin band which I thought was pretty cool. They definitely have some rhythm. Check it out.

I’m slowly but surely adding a video here or there from our trip to California. We managed to slip in a day trip to the Armstrong Redwoods State Reserve to see the gi-normous redwood trees. Justine and I did some hiking, about 1 mile to be exact. Let’s just say we bit off a little more than we could chew. The hike was pretty steep and hot once we started getting to the top. We thought better of it and decided to turnaround. This clip was just before the ascent.