dun!

Tracy completed in fine fashion the Cap 10K! At least 20 minutes quicker than her previous attempt, she looked great at the finish, carried on coversations, all good! in one piece today!
hell of a deal!
as for me, great night announcing @ THR this Saturday, we elected to make #7 profitable this week so it stayed home, we are doing some work on it for 4/11, need to be a little quicker. I think it will be, need to keep others off me though!
my bracket is trash, i'm out, no bueno for chit!
But, the 48 is back in victory lane, that race had flashes of good racing, don't let me down tms!!
time to roll, another Monday!

rkr

ENUFF ABOUT ME!!!!!!!!!!!!

these deals are always about me and my crazisms, we're gonna give that a break today, it's Cap 10K weekend and this year, i'm staying on the sidelines and my lovely wife Tracy is handling the race in our racing family. This is really cool to me, she is self-trained, only with the aid of one of my running guides did she find a plan and set up and stick to a training plan, no help from anyone at all. She has done exactly what she has needed to do to knock this race on it's ass!
I can tell you, 6.2 miles is no walk in the park, but when someone is prepared as Tracy has, it will be a fun, exciting race, this is a race filled with excitement and pagentry..... biggest one of the year for runners and can get a little nerve racking at the start, but other than that a true test of endurance and self-control. Tracy has been out early, late, whatever to stay on track, that takes a lot of control..... Babe, my first Cap 10K, a dude came and asked if I had done one these, I said "no, i'm just a jogger, only done 5K's"..... he said.. "son, you are wearing a race bib, you are a runner, an athlete"... it had been many years since I thought of myself this way. I know you say you are not the athletic type, bnut through this training and working to this goal, you are an athlete too, and I couldn't be prouder! It will be so fun to watch YOU race!
Good luck, I love you and will be waiting for you at the finish line, i'll be the loud goofy dude!

rkr

OH HAIL!!! A STORM!

man we just can't have a little rain around here can we? weds was a normal hump day, same tasks as usual but wait; my 5pm one, take girl to dance class does not get a big ass hail storm in the middle of it often! i usually sneak in a run or go work out at the ymca during that hour, i did the last yesterday because rain was coming, on one of the tv's i see kxan radar, tornados all this shit..
where's that come from? i went to my truck, heavy rain, park at uncovered dance studio.... hailin like crazy, marble sized... i drive a black chevy trailblazer....... i think it survived, only a couple og small dings but i think those are from the last "small front" that had hail.....
otherwise, pretty quiet nite!

tryin to figure if #7 will b ready for saturday, work in progress, madness back on today, i'm second in my tourney, go north carolina!!!!!!!!! at least something exciting to watch tonite, and y&r will not be interupted...(john m.- that chick is bad news for jacko!)
i need to talk about low tops and short bottoms, but i'll do that when i'm at my personal computer!!!!!!

have a good day today, keep your eyes up, slight chance of rain today......

rkr

week is rolling

i went out and worked out for about 2 hours yesterday, and i feel it today.. but i'm sure that will pass. looking to get another day in, and wait for the rain.. my kids are excited, with my attempts at dj'g, they get to hear radio other than sports, i even bought this is music 29 or whatever they call those, they were FLOORED sunday when they saw i had a cd with pink & katy perry! i really can't believe it eithier. part of the game i guess..
i saw a report on kxan about teens and sexting.... i want my kids to stay 6 & 8!!! who would have ever thought that when we were young? do you see that fed ex plane that crashed and blew up?
man, that only enhances my fear of flying!
i heard wall street was up 500, whats up with that??? something positive?? shhhh.... don't speak too loud. i have to get back in the news loop, i heard them talking about "toxic ....." on the news and thought there was a sewer problem off montopolis!!!! so, i will make fox news my homepage and get my learn on..
sounds like a rap for now, damn, forgot brackets and nascar, guess world news throwing m off today, we'll get back on track........

late,
rkr

Double Duty

I'm glad i'm a recreational runner, beacuse with my new gig of co announcing with Bobby Chaffee @ THR and racing, i am back and forth, like some of my guys here at work say... "como calzon de puta", i will NOT translate. Ask someone who speaks spanish to translate. But it is pretty cool, many outfit changes though, and thanks to Budweiser for those bad ass caps they provide us..
on the track, i knew it was spring, i got planted twice! in the heat we looked good, led that and even with the wide track i got moved... then spun but gathered it in and did ok. in the main well, we were ok, somewhere around 6-7th place, got drilled and spun then run into head on..
yes i was pissed, and the front side of the sizzlin 7 in pretty trashed, we pulled it apart yesterday AM.... we'll figure out how to sturdy that baby up. i need a carburator if anyone has one for loan???!!!
opening ceremonies were cool, we honored Mr. Jim Reeder, a staple there, and Mary Ann's dad Jake Wallace who is one of my heros, I left out Saturday that one of the things I am most proud of....if you look at pictures from my first main event win in 96 @ Longhorn you see Jake Wallace standing there with me and my family, that is bad ass! I grew up watching that man and there he is with me in victory lane smiling! and our other great friend Shawn Grimland, #29... we lost him way too soon, great guy with a big heart. if the "big dog" liked you, you had a friend for life in him.
Tracy gettin ready for Cap 10K next Sunday... she is progressing sooo well as a runner, the race will be a breeze.

alright, we'll talk nascar and brackets later.........

p,
rkr

spring broke

it's almost over, and pretty much with the economy I've stayed put! thats ok, we'll go beachin later in the summer...... but it is racing season for me starting tomorrow, man since the austin marathon its been non stop, double duty tomorrow, announcing for the track & racing, should be interesting, stay tuned and i'll keep you posted on how that works out.
March madness in full swing, UT moves on & A&M, thats good I guess, at least for my picks, another exciting day on cbs, altho my wife and I think it sux that we get no young and the restless, man that show is getting good! i was out with a buddy yesterday, he said do you watch the apprentice, i said, "no", then some other shows "no"...... only Y&R!!!! at my house we watch, drake and josh, i carly, cory in the house, raven mamon, sonny in charge and last but not least..... the grown up hannah montana! and y&r! like the electric company "one of these things just doesn't belong here..............."
slammin and bangin at Bristol this weekend, that race is much better at nite but hey i'll take it!

happy friday friends and loved ones...... stay cool, have fun @ sxsw if you intend to go in that mess!!!!!

late,
rkr

u gotty a bracket??

have you filled one out? I hope so, I know people who have freakin idea what a basketball is that have filled one out!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! this is the only time of the year i give a shit about college basketball. the thought of obsessing over tall as college dudes make me kinda queezy but hey, i'm down for it.
still on a high from tx racefest, i wish we had to do it again this weekend, gonna be almost 80.
natasha richardson, man what a wierd deal. she was ok, then a coma and dead.... just like that!
love the ones you love everyday, shait happens fast!
President Obama and I have like brackets, what's up with that????????
gotta go.....

rkr

Racefest

WOW! that about explains it! what a day saturday was @ thr. announcing the events there was only a part of the day.... got to sit in on a tv/media production meeting with speed tv & nascar, that is pretty bad ass... usac midgets are out of this world and rob is a cool guy to watch announce, then sunday am the chili bowl was being replayed and there was rob! hey, you never know.... now it's double duty, time to wipe off my helmet for saturday, its race time..
here's my sch for three weeks..... race & announce saturday, 28th, maybe both again if not just announce. then 4/4-4/5 on to tms hopefully, i need a rode though, nobody going with me this time!!! i'm so lonely!!!!!!!! follow this link and watch me in action @ thr saturday night.
http://www.lonestarspeedzone.com/2009/03/16/lone-star-speedzone-video-cast-3162009t
get your brackets filled out.... its march madness time! time to see who surprises us this season!

ya'll be good and stay safe....

p,
rkr