This past weekend JZ threw a birthday party for her hubby, Mark.
It was a great turnout with lots of my cool buddies in attendance.
Jen Martinez took some great pictures – I’ll include a few here…
Mark, JZ and me…
Brandon DelCampo and Jen Martinez
I’ve been staying with my good friends, Lars and Emily Finanger, since I landed in Boulder.
The fellas (Leon Griffin and Gavin Scott) had returned to Australia after their usual summer of training in Boulder, and living with Em and Lars, by the time I arrived. I was bummed not to have had the chance to see them and say goodbye before they went back home, but I know they were both anxious to get back to their homes, their girlfriends, their life in Australia….. They are both such good guys. One thing living in Boulder and being a triathlete does for you is give you such great opportunities to make friends from all over the world. Most everyone comes to Boulder to train at some point — so some great people to meet that you never otherwise would have.
With 3 guys in the house, poor Emily was enduring a high-octane testosterone fest. I was quick to point out to Lars “the shift” in energy: the hormonal change...
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A few nights ago before I left Atlanta, I stopped by to see 2 of my best friends, Dorie and Drew Downs, to say goodbye. This picture is of their daughter, Nicole, walking over to toast my departure with her baby milk bottle. How cute is this kid?!
I think the hardest part of leaving a place is saying goodbye to the people you love, and with that, saying goodbye to the familiar. I am not one who thrives on change. In fact, change is torturous to me. I am the type to order the same thing at a restaurant each time; I go to the same shower stall at the gym; I sit in the same seat in a classroom week after week; I run the same route whenever I can, etc. I like routine and structure… and I have always done...
» read moreI recently had another birthday. Oh goodie. 
As a birthday treat, my dear friend and life/work mentor, Susan Edwards, exclaimed she wanted to “take me to Bikram (hot) yoga”. I’d been resisting this for a while now. My Boulder cohort, Brandon DelCampo, is an avid, psycho hot yoga fan, often going multiple times a day! “C’Mon, Sharps. Come to yoga!”, he’d try to coerce. But I wasn’t having it. Mostly it was due to my PT’s insistence I not go … too many poses and awkward positions not too good for the healing SI joint.
The other reason… let’s call a spade a spade: FEAR.
But for Susan, the woman who has hauled my butt out of more dark holes and given me the platform for several professional upgrades in the work force, I would do most anything. ...
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