Former Action Guy

I started officiating high school sports in 2005. I got the idea in my head that I would like to be a wrestling official after my retiremen...

I just found out my friend Gerry "pronounced gary" passed away last October. Obviously we were not everyday bestest buddies but h...

Without further ado the 4th annual by the numbers post: Officiating by the numbers Wrestling matches- 100. I didn't do any Base...

I have been on a training timeout for basically about 40 days. I haven't run seriously since my last 50K race in early November. It was...

http://www.usatoday.com/story/opinion/2013/12/22/veterans-retirement-paul-ryan-budget-deal-column/4164713/ I know this may be old news or...

Just a short update for those that care. I am entering into my last and final semester of the paramedic course. It has been a long haul wit...

I have been a High School sports official for about 9 years now. I have semi retired this year due to attending the classes to become a par...

This was another little trail run that I was turned onto by Ross. He is a master at finding this runs. There are mo...

Had a pretty good Thanksgiving today. Went over the the parent's house and had brunch. Saw all the family then came home and had a litt...

I have a few pet peeves ( who would have thunk)? I don't like tomatoes on sandwiches, disingenuous people, or fish. I also don't li...

This was my 4th running of this race since 2004. It was Jay's1st. He is starting to turn into an Athlete. 8 months ago he couldn't r...

This was the 4th running of the Wildcat 50K at Wildcat Den State Park Muscatine Iowa. I had missed the other runnings due to not knowing an...

Well..I have no pictures for this post because I had intended on posting a video log of the entire race. But my technological inefficiency ...

I hadn't run this race since 2006. The reason was I had a very bad experience back in 2006 after a experiencing a modified course and la...

So this race was another local 50k that I had run previously. It was run on some trails in Cedar Falls Iowa about 60 miles from where I ...