The Life of Pizza John

Lots of excitement this year in Hawaii including Kalalau, heavy surf, Secrets and lots of tasty food.  Already savoring a trip back next winter.  My Hawaii posts don't get a lot of detail for numerous reasons, but mostly because Hawaii sucks...stay away! Our Crew! Classy drinking at the food trucks New Wax! Corey's favorite toilet Winter? Why not!?! I only partially gave up running Christmas Treats Pouring one out for Toni We matched... Handstand contests...I won! Don't tell Alex this is here. 'Next Year' we will surf those waves Our campsite Hippy New Years bonfire! View from our home

Each year I create goals and sometimes I accomplish them and sometimes I don't.  This was one of those years when I did not accomplish most of my goals, yet it was also the best year I have ever had in terms of happiness.  The one goal that I did accomplish this year was to get my PMP certification and I am super happy about this since it has been weighing on me for a while.  A few of the goals I didn't accomplish were: -Break 1:30 in Half Ironman run (I got really close on this one and ran a 1:30:13) -Break 55 minutes in Olympic bike (I also got really close on this one with a 55:09) -Podium finish in AG at IM event (At Florida 70.3 I finished 7th in AG and 14th overall) -Qualify for 70.3 Worlds (I never stuck around for rolldowns so I'm not really sure about this one) -Qualify for Kona (this has been a goal for a long time, but I'm either not cut out for long distance racing or I would need a few more years to work towards it.  Training for Ironman distance ...

I decided it was finally time to do a 5k and what a better time than Thanksgiving morning.  Shut up and Run is a small, fun race put on by a friend Sally and it goes all around the road and trails in Treaty Park.  I was pretty impressed they could get 3.1 miles out of the park, but with a little creativity, they did it well!  Plus, it was mostly run on trails which is at lot more entertaining than the road. At the start of the race, I took off with the lead pack and hung on to them until the last mile 3/4 of a mile.  I finished 5th overall with an 18:50 which isn't super fast, but based on lots of turns on a trail I was semi-satisfied.  One fun part about this race is there is a Pie Guy and if you beat him, you get to take home a pie. Needless to say, I got a pie.  Lots of my favorite OFC people also volunteer at this race so it was great to hang out with all of them on Thanksgiving morning. Now....off to Hawaii for a couple months!!! Don't mind the...