Alaskan Summer..."Scotty, I need more power." "That's all she's got Captain. Anymore and she'll blow!"

The past seven weeks have been a blur. Colorado, New Jersey shore, Washington, D.C., Kenai River, etc... So much going on this summer, as it should be. Not much quality time to keep the blog up to date and post photos of all the adventures. I'll get there sooner or later...stay tuned.

Short story is that we are having a wonderful summer in Alaska. The weather is sweet, no mosquitoes, fishing is hot, and my running is improving each day. I recently ran the Alaska Mens 5-mile race to help raise funds for men's cancer research.

I ran in support of my friends Bob Bowker, Bob Lipsy, and Jimmy Fuhrer...all are prostate cancer survivors. I was happy with my time (around 54 minutes) because I finally ran faster than an 11 minute per mile pace, plus the course was hilly. Slowly and steadily my running is recovering from my January heart surgery. Getting to a 9:30 pace before the snow falls (sometime in Sept/Oct) would be amazing!

"Scotty, we'll need everything you've got." -- Kirk, "Aye. Warp drive standing by." -- Scotty, Star Trek III: The Search For Spock