On the road again

Jonathan here. I just finished the most travel-full month of my life. Starting with the decathlon in Texas, things have yet to slow down:

*Dallas, Tx, 3 days, decathlon

*Kansas City, Mo, 1 day, family

*Portland, Or, 3 days, decathlon (attempt)

*Las Vegas, Nv, 3 days, chaperon to a couple 13 year olds (with Sandy)

*Eugene, Or, 4 days, spectating Olympic trials (awesome experience!)

*Santa Monica, Ca, 1 day, business with bro

*Julian, Ca., 2 days, mountain town vacation with brother and Sandy

*Chino, Ca., 2 days, coaching high school decathlete (with Sandy)

*this week will be hosting Seth and Heather Stimson

and next week will be,

*Sonoma, Ca., 3 days, vehicle delivery for Sandy's boss (with Sandy)

It looks as though the rest of the summer will be spent giving personal coaching time to high school track/football athletes, toying with athletic modeling a little more, and possibly pursuing some other business ideas. I will continue to heal up from all the hard training and competing this year, but will stay in shape. Sandy and I have decided neither one of us are at all ready to throw in the towel with professional athletics. We are going to take it one year at a time, and have some definite, honest goals for the 2009 competitive track season. More to come on this later.

Here a some pics from the past month:

My hometown junior high rival, Matt Tegenkamp prepping for the 5k at Olympic trials

Matt came in 2nd and is now an Olympian!

Awesome job Matt, congratulations!

Victory lap taken by entire decathlon crew at Trials

as requested by national champ and world leader, Bryan Clay

Hangin' with the fellas in Texas

Cruisin' with the homies in Vegas

One of many art pieces installed by Jeremy while in town for business

I have no idea why my mom gets nervous when Jeremy and I go on trips together.