It is great to be back in Hayward, WI. I have spent the better parts of the last two months traveling, racing, training, and relaxing in Ontario, Alaska, and Hawaii. My first afternoon at the ‘Club’ we went on a hike. It felt really strange that the last time I was at the Club we skied on the same trails. br /br /Training just once a day has been great, allowing me to be at ‘The Club’ everyday of the week. There were many times I wish I had my camera but didn’t.br /br /div style=”text-align: center;”a onblur=”try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}” href=”http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_M9ps8F85nS0/SfUYPBxMgvI/AAAAAAAAANQ/xnH27LzVRis/s1600-h/SpringClubPics+115.JPG”img style=”margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 300px; height: 400px;” src=”http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_M9ps8F85nS0/SfUYPBxMgvI/AAAAAAAAANQ/xnH27LzVRis/s400/SpringClubPics+115.JPG” alt=”” id=”BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5329192380514730738″ border=”0″ //aspan style=”font-style: italic;”Double Decker Swinging/spanbr /br //divdiv style=”text-align: center; font-style: italic;”a onblur=”try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}” href=”http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_M9ps8F85nS0/SfUYOHMuHEI/AAAAAAAAANI/KT42VdHF7uU/s1600-h/SpringClubPics+112.JPG”img style=”margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;” src=”http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_M9ps8F85nS0/SfUYOHMuHEI/AAAAAAAAANI/KT42VdHF7uU/s400/SpringClubPics+112.JPG” alt=”” id=”BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5329192364792486978″ border=”0″ //aShana, Bernice, Hilayna at the Spring Book Fairbr /br /a onblur=”try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}” href=”http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_M9ps8F85nS0/SfUYN7Z_G2I/AAAAAAAAANA/65GL7UHaiOI/s1600-h/SpringClubPics+102.JPG”img style=”margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;” src=”http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_M9ps8F85nS0/SfUYN7Z_G2I/AAAAAAAAANA/65GL7UHaiOI/s400/SpringClubPics+102.JPG” alt=”” id=”BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5329192361626901346″ border=”0″ //aTwister. The kids have way better flexibility that I do.br /br /a onblur=”try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}” href=”http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_M9ps8F85nS0/SfUYNoGBRqI/AAAAAAAAAM4/TONkxkP2Mis/s1600-h/SpringClubPics+111.JPG”img style=”margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;” src=”http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_M9ps8F85nS0/SfUYNoGBRqI/AAAAAAAAAM4/TONkxkP2Mis/s400/SpringClubPics+111.JPG” alt=”” id=”BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5329192356442883746″ border=”0″ //aIt’s OK to yell on this Busbr /br /a onblur=”try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}” href=”http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_M9ps8F85nS0/SfUYPehUYmI/AAAAAAAAANY/Lg5TnWDlmV4/s1600-h/SpringClubPics+119.JPG”img style=”margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;” src=”http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_M9ps8F85nS0/SfUYPehUYmI/AAAAAAAAANY/Lg5TnWDlmV4/s400/SpringClubPics+119.JPG” alt=”” id=”BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5329192388232766050″ border=”0″ //aGetting excited for the Run Seriesbr /br /a onblur=”try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}” href=”http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_M9ps8F85nS0/SfUaTiYROEI/AAAAAAAAANo/S82Ctqcmf4c/s1600-h/SpringClubPics+128.JPG”img style=”margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;” src=”http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_M9ps8F85nS0/SfUaTiYROEI/AAAAAAAAANo/S82Ctqcmf4c/s400/SpringClubPics+128.JPG” alt=”” id=”BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5329194657011284034″ border=”0″ //aReady, Set, Gobr /br /div style=”text-align: left;”A number of us chose to run the 2-mile. Congratulations: Trinity, Shaylena, Asile, Nimmer, Joey and the othersbr //div/divdiv class=”blogger-post-footer”img width=’1′ height=’1′ src=’https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8083254037538554650-7337369044682146379?l=in-the-arena-brian.blogspot.com’ alt=” //div
