- Steven took the FAA Written Knowledge Exam last Friday, and passed! I’m so proud of him! It’s an interesting/confusing process. He had to take practice exams at home, pass them, and get an “endorsement certificate” from the practice test company to say that he was ready to take the knowledge exam. And he had to take and pass the knowledge exam to get endorsed to do a required longer cross country flight. After he does that flight (it’s scheduled for next week with a backup the following weeK) and a few other specific flying hours he can sign up for the oral exam and final check flight.
- Have you seen the new Discovery mug series at Starbucks? Ugh. I cannot collect another series! I wonder if this means they are phasing out the Been There series?! WHY YOU DO THIS TO ME STARBUCKS. ($$$$$)
- I’ve been focusing on getting more sleep after the marathon, and am glad to see my body battery increasing. I was averaging 6 hours of sleep (or less!) a day in Colorado and that’s not enough. We were going to bed early enough, I just couldn’t sleep. Horrible timing for that.
- I have a mani/pedi today and am curious to see how beat up my toenails under my nail polish. I think three of my toenails are black, and one already feels loose. Ick.
- The official FREE race photos came in yesterday. There was over 70 with me in them! I love that there were so many and that they are free. Of course, I don’t look like I am running in most of them. That’s okay! You can see what I mean about trying to smile for most of the race:
Leg 1 on the trail
Leg 1 in the stadium (the photo is edited (by them), it was not that dark out!)
Leg 2 at the lake (more accurate depiction of sunniness)
Leg 3 at the college (digging REAL deep to smile here)
Leg 4 on Colfax
A more accurate face on Leg 5 on the trail:
This lady was really annoying, and would run in front of me then stop to walk for a minute then get in front of me again for a minute to run, then walk for a minute, and so on. Please do your thing but not right in front of someone! Gah. I forgot how obnoxious that was until I saw this photo. And I know I don’t need to tell you which lady it is. (I looked her up and she had a much steadier paced race than me, so that method works! JUST BE AWARE.)
I love the finish line pics!
Me and Tiff
The relay team!
Leah, Trudy, Tiff, Val, me, & Steve
What great photos! They did such a nice job – and so did you keeping that smile!
Thank you!!!
I have many race memories of the person in front of me starting to walk or even coming to a dead stop. Sheesh people, the rules of the road apply – if you’re slowing or stopping then pull over!
I’ve also had race photos where I was running my heart out and looked like I was walking – it happens.
Congrats to Steven!
Yes yes yes. Sigh. People are off in their own little worlds and it’s SCARY.
Almost every time!
Thanks!
I’m proud of you for smiling in your pictures! I think I would have given a grumpy face every single time if I was struggling, haha. I’m sure it helped boost your spirits a bit, though?!
Please let us know how many black toenails you ended up with!!!
Thank you! It helped so much! It’s hard to describe, almost like my body gave up before my mind did.
4!!!!
Congratulations to Steven!!! And good luck with the next step in the process!
Great race photos! 🙂
Thank you!!!!
I LOVE that finisher photo…. and it’s amazing that there were a total of 70 pictures and they were all free. That’s how it should be. I don’t know how much you paid for the race entry, but if photos are included I am always willing to pay a bit more upfront than pay and arm and leg for every single picture afterward.
You did a good job smiling at the photographers!
Congrats to Steven for passing his exam!
Thank you! I didn’t remember the photos were free and were really excited when I saw that right before the race! And yeah, I’d rather pay more for entry and get that too.
Thank you!
These are awesome! That woman sounds annoying, though. Also, her expression and gestures in that picture annoy me, too, on your behalf. I am annoyed-by-proxy, LOL.
I am so confused by Steven’s flight license approval. Good grief. Are they trying to keep people from completing the process? Could they make it any more complex? (Don’t answer that…)
Congratulations to you both!
I appreciate it, thank you! LOL.
I really don’t get why it’s like this. At least where he is. You get different info from different people and have to piece it all together.