Knoxville Marathon Relay - HoRay

You might be included in this post!!!

So lately I have become super duper excited about next years races. I'm pumped to start training again in January for Rev3 70.3 and other various races. One of my favorite races last year was the Knoxville Marathon. I literally only had been running probably 2 months when I ran the Knoxville Marathon Relay with Team Dirty Chai. This year I can't wait to do it again, I've started recruitmented people as of a couple weeks ago. My goal was to get two teams together for the 2011 race. Needless so say I want more a of a challenge, my goal now is to get 3 teams from the Thursday Night college group named Time Out. At the top of my list of people to get is:

Sam, Kendel, Melissa, Jaylin, Merrick, Stephen, Seth, Myself, JC, Chelsea P., Bobby, Clay and anybody else...maybe go to 4 teams!!!

** Please Add Patrick and Tim to the list too

This is the start of my list of people to nag into doing it haha. I think it would be tons of fun to do this many teams!!! Basically if you told you me you've run before I selected you to try and convince you to do it.

No matter how fast you are, how many miles a week you run, or how many races you've done you're a runner. If you've been doing it for 7 years or today is your first day running, you're a runner.

My word of encouragement to people is give it a try, last February I couldn't even run a mile when out almost killing over. But this summer I accomplished one of the most fun things of my life yet, an Olympic triathlon. So don't doubt yourself if you think you can't do it. I know you can! I know I haven't been running more than a year, but would love to help set up a group to train for the marathon relay. Running to me is a passion, its a way I find to Glorify God and find strength in Him when nothing else is left in me to give!

Hebrews 12:1 1Therefore, since we are surrounded by so great a cloud of witnesses, let us also lay aside every weight, and sin which clings so closely, and let us run with endurance the race that is before us.

Last Week of My Edumication

As I'm about to start my last week of school I'm seeing that, 1. I'm extremely blessed, and 2. Everything is about to change. I had my 2nd interview on Wednesday and I'm glad to say that the job sounds pretty good. I would love to work for this company, it really is a perfect fit for me. Its here in Knoxville, and the way business is going, it has great potential to grow. I hope to hear something from them early this week. I hope they weren't pulling my leg, but the way they talked to me it sounded likely they were sending me a job offer.

I have realized that this opportunity is truly a blessing. This weekend I've noticed how much God has given me, he's truly blessed me with everything. I have amazing friends that when I truly suck at life, like last week, they still love me. I have a great family that's always supported me and loves me. I have a great girlfriend that is always on the same page as me, I have a job possibility that I do not deserve, and I have a Lord and Savior that saved me from death and I know I don't deserve that either.

I have to say this weekend was full of a lot of conversations that were meaningful. I had very intentional conversations with both my parents. Its started to hit me that in the next month I will be on my own and paying for everything on my own. Some my run away from this, but it gets me excited. I made a budget this weekend and I really enjoyed it to be honest! I'm just praying that God gives me the opportunity to work with this company I interviewed with and start this new chapter in my life and see what God teaches me.

"Hide yo kids Hide yo wife"

If you really knew me you'd know I really desire to be a creative talented person...but I can't...I wish I could sing, but I can't, wish I could dance, but I can't, which I could act but I can't. (If Jillian Michaels heard all those "can'ts" she would probably make me cry :/) Most of my ideas and desires come from some kind of viral video and it gets me thinking "oooo Woww" I wish I had those skills.

This morning I saw some acepella videos that were created by one guy, Mike Tompkins. My sudden obsession with aceplla may or may not be because of Glee. Well the cool part is, technologically, I have the skills to make the videos just not the talent to sing them :(. Here are some examples of what he's done.





This is the one they featured this morning on the Today Show.



And after that they showed how the anchors produced their own. I feel after seeing the whole feature story and listening to Ann, Al's and Matt's original voices I may have a shot at doing one. This is what they produced below, keep in mind they showed the raw clips during the feature and none could carry a tune, so there is hope for me.



If you really knew me you'd know I get inspired by projects like this and will think about them for days, or nights, or months. I don't want my video to be viral to become famous or friends to be impressed, but I think its so cool to take raw footage/audio and create something cool out of it. I did it with Young Life some in 2009. This is what I made for my Summer Staffers last year!



Like I said I love doing this stuff, wish I was better at it cause I know some people that are far better at all of this than me. There are a ton of videos cause I just learned how to post them haha!!!

Well I Survived

Let me tell you...taking an 8 hour test is not my idea of fun. Granted the afternoon session was a little more enjoyable but that's because it was Civil Engineering based. The morning session of my test was a nightmare..well not really I just felt dumb on the stuff I did not know. I basically got 80% done with the test and hit the Electricity and Thermodynamics part when my brain went fried. I just remember putting my hand on my face and taking a deep breath cause I was done, I just kept pushing through through so I could enjoy my lunch.

I was so greatful when we were done with the morning session, it was pleasent to go outside get some free Lenny's Subs and also see that all my other engineering friends were there that weren't even taking the test. It was great to talk to them and laugh a lot before the afternoon session. The afternoon session was great...I even finished early!

Now that the test is all done I feel that graduation is in sight. I have applied for grad school and now I'm just waiting to take the GRE...drain...another standardized test. I would perfer not to go to grad school, but at the same time I would love to learn more about Geotech engingeering. I'm hoping I can land a job in the next couple of weeks and I might have a chance, I have an interview with a company here i Knoxville that does work in East Tennessee HURRAYY, I would get to stay in Knoxville.

Overall things are going great I'd say. I'm having tons of fun in life, God is teaching me amazing things in my quiet times, and I'm just growing up in general into a big kid haha. I hope God continues to provide these blessings for me. Well I'm off to Rock the Vote!