Ramsdell Family Blog

Soccer season has started. Jake had his first game today. He did a great job as goalie and blocked a shot. We lucked out and had great weather-a nice 80 degrees. We made sure to enjoy it because we know sooner than later the rain will come and we will all be sitting under umbrellas. His team the Wolverines won!

The other day we were at Joann Fabrics and found a cute pattern for making your own stuffed animal. Jake and Jenna both decided to make a stuffed animal. They picked out their fabrics then we headed home to start on the project. They did such a great job. The kids went back to school yesterday and I went back to work. It was a hectic morning. Jenna was not happy that just Dad was going to take her to school so she cried all morning long. Once I left for work she was fine. They had a good day and like their teachers. Although Jake was very grouchy after school. I am ready for the school year to be over already. We had such a great summer I was not ready for it to end. I feel sad to not be home with the kids all day. I guess I have next summer to look forward to.

Since my comeback to competing in Triathlons in 2007 - I have been keeping in the back of my mind to do another Ironman, especially once I age up into a new Age group category 45-49 (How did I get so old?) Well, last week I signed up for Ironman Canada that will occur August 29th 2010. The last time I did this event was in 1993. I finished the 2.4 mile swim in 51:20 and had the 11th fastest swim. The 112 mile bike in 5:52, and finished the 26 miles in 4:31 minutes My total time was 11:15. Overall, this race was a disappointment - I had mechanical problems on the bike where I could not shift down into my lower gears for the 2 mountain passes that were on the bike (plus somehow I did not quite realize in my training there were 2 mountain passes) By the time I got to the run my legs were shot, and I did all I could to just hang on. Well now having signed up my goal is to somehow improve my marathon time by 30 minutes, improve my bike time by at least 15 minutes, and be competitive o...