Lots of Fun

  Besides working, it is important to develop a social aspect in an effort to make someone more well rounded.  I did just that as this past weekend brought in a lot of fun.  Went over to a friends' home of my brother where there was festivities centering around this years' KY Derby.  It was awesome as we were greeted by nice people, food as part of a buffet line, even an encouragement to place a bet on a certain horse that one wanted to see finish first along with the odds. 
  The women who were there were dressed in a festival way by wearing one of those traditional hats that all women wear while attending the Derby at Churchill Downs.  The hosts/hostess also went a step further by providing the words to My Old Kentucky Home as we all sang as the horses marched onto the track.  Below is a picture of a guy who could have easily been apart of our party.

  I also saw this years' Eugene Marathon were thousands of runners took part in the annual event.  It was fun cheering the runners on as several passed us often in crowded packs.  Even saw a family member part take as my brothers' sister-in-law and brother-in-law competed.  It was fun to see them full of energy as we mutually saw one another.

 

  I thought the city did a good job in coordinating the event where the course meandered throughout the city so that the locals can get a glimpse of the runners as they passed at various mile markers.  The runners were seen through downtown streets, bike paths, neighborhoods with a climatic finish at the end.  The track and field facility at the U of O opened up their gates allowing the runner to finish up inside a cheering stadium something similar if you recall of how the marathon was run back in the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing.