My New Home.....

And so, a month later, I finally blog about this new place. I have to admit, I'm really starting to enjoy Louisville! I've officially been here around four weeks and it's really starting to grow on me. There are some beautiful parks and two of them are near-by, giving me some nice places to run. I also like Bardstown Road, which has a bunch of restaurants. I've even found a pub to watch footy matches at on the weekends!!

To add to this fun, I've started school and we just made it through our first full week, which was a bit crazy, but luckily it's over (and followed by a three day weekend: awesome)....but I will post more on that later.

I'm also a soccer coach. But again, more on that later.

Today I actually volunteered at the Ironman Triathlon here in The Ville. It was a lot of fun!! Roughly 2,500 people decided to try and swim 2.4 miles, bicycle 112 miles and then run 26 miles. While this doesn't exactly sound like the way I'd like to spend a Sunday, I have to admit I was pretty impressed with some of the folks I saw. There were people of all shapes, sizes and age ranges (I saw from 18 to 63).

My job consisted of standing in front of a bump on the course (near where they get off their bikes and then change into running clothes before running the marathon). For 3.5 hrs I said, "Be careful! Watch the bump! Watch the lip!!! and just for fun, when a Spanish speaking participant rode by, "Cuidado!". They'd smile.

There was also a dude with an Iowa Hawkeye jersey on and I cheered for him as he went by. My friend said that he smiled and actually looked back (were we going to have a conversation during the race? I mean, I'm all for chatting about the Hawks, but he still has a ways to go).

Anywho, needless to say, I'm enjoying The Ville.

God Bless