Emily McQueen Breaks Records, Wins Races, and Takes Care of Business

I really have an amazing wife.  Today we ran the St. George Marathon.  She started at 6:40 in her racing wheelchair and I started somewhere around 6:50 am.  I finished the race, but this isn’t about me, it’s about Emily.  She set a new course record for this marathon in the wheelchair division and qualified for the Boston marathon.  To qualify for Boston she had to finish in 2 hours and 25 minutes, she smoked that time by coming in at 1 hour and 57 minutes.  Do realize how fast that is?  A marathon is 26.2 miles; she kept an overall pace of 4 minutes and 28 seconds a mile!  I’ll say it for you, “holy crap!”

So, like I said, I have an amazing wife.  Pictures will come soon and there’s more to tell, but feel free to email Emily and tell her how great she is.  Her emails is emcqueen at gmail dot com.

Sounds of Saturday

Boys are crazy.  It’s a constant stream of noise and hustling.  The truth is, the poor things are probably bored, but I can’t keep up with them or keep them entertained.  So, sometimes I resort to just letting them go crazy.  And, this is what it usually looks like: