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Richardson Corporate Challenge 5K
Posted by Chris in TheNolands on September 20, 2009
The Richardson corporate challenge was today and Stacey actually joined the Tek Team. The weather was still a bit warm & humid for me, but still pulled in an OK time of 20:15, it was 26th over all with the winner finishing at an amazing 17:35 (and he is over 40) Stacey really sucked it up and pushed it to a 34:25 time, next year she is targeting under 30 minutes (she does not know yet) .
The rest of the Tektronix team did really well. The men’s side of the team changed a lot as David left the company and Chris Ulrich was traveling, we were fortunate to have Holger push it a bit faster and a few new recruits to the team added some speed.
The women’s side did exceptionally well with Fiona blazing it in for a silver in her age group at 20:47. Since Ulrich bailed on us this year he sent his wife to keep the name alive in the standings and she finished second for the Tektronix women at 27:23. Anamika wanted to show sustaining does more than engineering and pushed it to a great time of 33:44, beating her 2008 time of 35:01.
Part of the group stuck around for a good picture.
Next year we expect to have a larger team (hint, hint to readers) and need to find a way to get some the executives to run as 3.1 miles is a piece of cake.
Run fast, think later.
Bigfork, MN – Part 2 – 4th of July
Posted by Chris in Family Vacations, TheNolands on July 4, 2009
The 4th of July was gorgeous on the lake, it was about 75 – 78 degrees and all sun. We enjoyed cruising the lake on the pontoon boat, doing some fishing and enjoying a few adult beverages. Uncle roman still needs to show up and though down some serious bank and rent a kick ass speed boat.
We did have my mom’s cousin joined us with her kids and their ski boat so we did get some tubing and water skiing done. Stacey still is a big wimp and has not tried tubing or water skiing. I think I will have to find a boat to rent in Dallas so she cannot use the excuse the water is too cold (the water was 69 degrees).
Andrew went on the tube with Megan and we did a slow cruise of the lake. I was on another tube right next to them and got to jump around and have some fun also. Andrew had a blast and I think he has a good future in extreme sports. He wanted to go faster and was bouncing around like a pro.
I went out of the ski boat and got some great action shots of Lucas taking some good falls off the tube… lots of fun was had by all.
Stacey and my mom finished off three boxes of red wine (4 bottles each box) plus two cases of Leinenkugel light and few bottles of white wine over the course of the week we were here. I think Stacey is going to have to let her liver dry out a few days before she starts playing with her friends back home.
Rollins College
Posted by Chris in Family Vacations, TheNolands on November 24, 2008
Andrew was tired of hearing all of the stories of Stacey’s glory day’s at Rollin College and said “Mommy, I want to go to you college” So we got the experience of seeing “the Harvard of the South” as I hear quite frequently… never heard that about SIU… so maybe it is a better place.
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Rollins College Visit
I quickly figure out is was not a “real” school as we walked about the picture perfect down town and had lunch at Panera Bread and stopped into Williams Sonoma to get some Peppermint Bark. Where are the bars I kept asking myself? Maybe this would be a good place for Andrew to go to school I thought. As we walked around I think…small liberal arts college, there must be lots of hot chicks and Andrew would have a target rich environment. We got to stick around between class changes and I did not see a single one, maybe they were hiding. I am going to have to consult another other recent grads… but he went to school at night for an MBA.
So Andrew’s school choice still are Harvard, MIT and Notre Dame. He better get good grades and I better start saving more.
4th of July
Posted by stacey in TheNolands on July 5, 2008
Another fine 4th of July was celebrated on Big Turtle Lake. We met NaNa’s cousin Mary and her family (Kurt, Meagan, Allison and Lucas) to spend a fun filled day of tubing, water skiing and fishing. (Not to mentioned a couple of fine cocktails). One 4 gallon box of sangria, 1 gallon of margarita’s and 6 beers later… I (Stacey) was feeling really good. Sun, boats and booze are a dangerous combination
Chris and PaPa water skied. Andrew thought the water was way too cold for his southern bones (71 degrees is a bit chilly for our kid). Chris said he is going to call Rob Migliore and have him to start looking for a job for us both so Andrew can experience swimming in Lake Michigan on a regular basis… and snow.
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