Alex gets enough coverage so...................

its time for my two youngest grandkids

to get some shine

1st Jaydakins as I have aptly named her

the brightest, cutest, smartest, tallest, funniest, shyest and bestest

granddaughter of all times

and there's 

#2 Payton

 nuff said.

Training inside Crossroads

due to the rain.

walked the entire second level several times

equivalent to 3.2 miles.

the journey continues.

RUNCR

This is the group of walker/runners Ive been training with

for the Flyin Pig

the actual race is at the end of April and

its been a blast training weekly

another great opportunity at Crossroads

to continue to 

"BE the Church" 

in community with friends.

our group is known as

RUNCR.

it was freeizng on this particular morning
about 30 degrees and windy.
but we did it.

3 bridges later....

Todays training route was the exact route I will be tackling

on race day of "The Flying Pig"

10K

it was pretty easy

started at Paul Brown stadium crossed the purple bridge into Newport Ky

then crossed the Newport bridge into Covington Ky

then crossed Covington bridge back into Cincinnati

walked around downtown for a bit and then back to the starting point.

apart from any unforeseen injuries

it should be a 

wrap.

(sorry the entire rte did not post)

The last supper...for Undivided

This is my Undivided group at Crossroads

"Undivided" was the race reconciliation journey

that 1500 people decided to participate in

to discuss the state of race relations in Cincinnati 

and the country.

we met for 5 solid weeks and tonight was our

finale dinner week

including it was a very very good experience

and will be continued again in August

great discussions with

Christin, Brian, Katie, Isabell, Gabby, Danny and

 my co-facilitator Wendy.

20 years!

Its the 20 year anniversary of Crossroads

WOW!

its started 1996

with 11 people in a school,

now 5 locations and 25,000 attendants later 

Mason

Uptown(UC Campus)

West Side

Florence Ky

Miami University(Oxford)

an Internet Free streaming presence

Crossroads "Anywhere"

remember to

pay attention to the small things

This is where God does his best work.

amen.

Sat 7AM training continues.....and its raining and cold

This is the group of walker/runners that I train

with every Sat morning in prep for the 

"Flying Pig" Marathon in April.

today my route was 6.5 miles

in the rain and the cold

i can remember not too long ago a time

i would ridicule the fools doing 

exactly what I was doing today at 7AM

walking and running in the friggin rain for no logical reason

OMG!

nuts!

Alex's new whip

WOW! that didn't take long

wrecked his car in January

new car in March

Kids these days

correction

parents these days

stay tuned

Gabby Steps up

during her 3 day overnight visit

and offers to walk with Ollie 

especially now that Jr is no longer available.

Only one issue..

she's gotta lead the way.

She obviously has KK "control issues"

keep me in your prayers

thank you

Week 3 Flying Pig + Upwards basketball Ceremony

7AM:  I was at Crossroads walking with a small group

our training was a 5.5 walk

it took about 1 1/2 hrs

and I wasn't even pushing it.

next stop : Payton's end of year basketball ceremony

Payton was busy making faces during the ceremony

always the class clown

The festivities were excellent

Upwards is a huge Christian organization coaching

tons of girls and boys

involved in

sports using Christian values

and prayer 

Its a God thing.

oh yea.

holla

Week 2...Flying pig training

7AM Sat

Crossroads atrium

Relatively uneventful

more runners/walkers showed up

stretching and warming up

all dressed in running attire..yuck

and me in my baggy sweatpants an Tomahawk hoody

listening to "Off the wall"via bluetooth

met up with my 2 female walking partners

and 1 newbie

pics to follow

5 miles charted

not really that challenging

the race is approx 9 weeks away.
training routes below

stay tuned

Tournament game nail biter

Well its over

The season has come to an exciting end.

It was a great game that came down to the last seconds.

we lost 13 - 10

I still think there were some time/clock shenanigans

even though we were playing in a church league.

It was a great first season for Payton

hopefully there will be many more.

now hes saying he wants to play football

riiiiiiiiiiiiiiiight

flag football maybe

holla