Rattlesnake 10K

We are CRAZY EXCITED to let everyone know (who doesn't already) that we are going to Germany over xmas this year!!! Thanks to some help from Mara's parents and Mara's brother Josh, who lives there! We are planning to stay out for almost 2 weeks (maybe a couple days more). Mara has the time off school, and I'll have vacation to burn. With some of our friends (Greg & Nico and Nate & Kara) just getting back from European vacations, we have some good ideas of places to see and visit. Can't wait to get all the cousins together as well! Rohan, Thomas, Sam, Ryan, and Thomas-yet-to-be-determined sibling, will be a blast! We already got Rohan's passport photo and application sent off. Rohan was hilarious for his photo. It took 1 shot to get him, and he looks like a German officer. Straight lipped, blank stare, with no expression. The photographer said it usually takes 10 pictures for kids that small...:)
This week was pretty much our usual week. With the heat subsiding a bit, we were able to ramp our running back up a little. The temp at 9:00 was hitting in the cool mid-90s, WAY better than the mid 100s! We were able to hit up Jeanette's yoga class twice this week (Tues/Thurs), and also got about 90 minutes of climbing in beforehand. It's great to be able to workout before Jeanette kicks our butt (it's been harder, and feeling awesome!).
Thursday, we got a great workout in. We climbed for 90 min, then Mara did yoga while I put Rohan down. After Mara got back, we sat for a while, then around 10:30 decided we still had some energy, and went for a run. We wanted to just go at least 3-4mi, but ended up doing a 10K (6.2mi) since it felt so good. At mile 5 or so, we were greeted by the rattling of an assumed large rattlesnake. We didn't see it, but it was close, and you could hear there were 5-6 rattles, so it was older. Good thing it was off the sidewalk! Got our hearts going for that last 1.2mi push! That route is now known as our Rattlesnake 10K route...:)
Saturday we got Rohan's passport taken care of, and then hit a play area in the mall so he could wear himself out. Afterwards he took an good nap for us. Greg came up and we went to AZR and climbed for 2 1/2 hours. We were both climbing really strong, and Greg is getting his old form back.
Rohan was in desperate need of a bath Saturday morning. While Mara and I were sleeping in, Rohan decided to sneak into the fireplace and see what soot tasted and felt like. Apparently he loved it. Mara rushed him to the tub, and got him mostly cleaned before I got the camera. It was a cue for us to vacuum out the fireplace from this winter's fires. Good times...
Sunday was pretty low key again. We hit up Jimmy Johns for lunch then the Mesa Contemporary Art Museum in the afternoon. It was a small museum, but had some cool items. Most of the art is actually installation pieces outside, but they almost all have water, and they apparently don't run them in the summer. We saw them last winter, and we'll have to check them out again when it cools off. After that, and only 30 minutes of nap for Rohan, we hit the pool to completely wear him out. We were out for almost an hour, and he is getting really good in the pool. We mostly play on the steps so he can touch, but he's getting braver and trying to walk after us. He's only fallen in the deeper end a dozen or so times...:) Maybe it's time for water wings?
We capped the weekend off with breaded chicken & pepper kabobs and a 7.5mi run, what an awesome combo! We are slowly getting back into our training for the Marathon in January...yeah...less than 2 weeks after our return from Germany... We are going to try and get some runs in over there, but who knows how that'll go. Oh well. All we want to do is finish. No matter what it will be a personal record...:)
Hope everyone had a good week, dried out, and got out to enjoy the weekend!


Rohan Can't Sleep, Read & Drink At The Same Time:


Rohan LOVES Avril Lavigne...:(


Rohan Spots The Playground And Starts Running With Dad:


Riding The Dad: