Call me Mr. Pedersen

I did it. I finally have obtained a full-time teaching position. I will be teaching 6th grade at Oak View Elementary School in Maple Grove. It has been my 4th summer applying for teaching jobs and I now have reached my goal. It is now the time where I start to figure out what I need to do between now and September 5th. It is so close! I have lots of ideas in my head and grand plans, but alas! We shall see what occurs.

On another note I ran a half-marathon in Richfield the other weekend. It went alright I thought. I ran 1:23:50. Which that time is still over 3 minutes off of my PR, but for my lack of training I will take it.

Before the start of the race I ran into Ross. We decided that our time goals were the same so we should run together. It worked out really well. We kinda sat back and hung out until about mile 4 or 5 and then started to increase the pace. Around 9 miles I thought, "Dang. I need to run more and do longer runs." I was starting to hurt. I kept on pushing even though my legs wanted my to ease off a bit. Once I reached mile 12 I knew Ross could push more so I told him to chase some fools down. I got a firm slap on the butt, and off he went! Around this same time I hear someone behind me and eventually he passes me. I let him go a little bit, but he never firmly passed me. So I re-passed him. I kept him off my tail for the next 1/4 mile, but as we were about to enter the woods at Veteran's Park he passed me once more! No way. This is my home turf buddy. I knew if I waited patiently that in the last 1/2 mile or so I could storm past him and suffer until the finish. Which is exactly what I did. Ross finished in 10th place with a Clydesdale course record! I was 12th place and feeling happy.

Until next time!