Happy Birthday, Jim! I have to say, regardless of age (he's turning 51), Jim showed us young bucks that he can still kick our butts when it comes to running.
Some of you saw on Facebook and Instagram that a group of us (Jim, my dad, my mom, and I from the Moore family) ran the Napa Valley Ragnar Relay. This was a 12 person - 205 mile relay run from Golden Gate Park in San Francisco to Calistoga. Over the Golden Gate, winding through the NorCal farm land, and running into the rolling hills of Napa, it was a grueling 33 hours of running, navigating, and "sleeping" in a 12 passenger van. It was awesome. The quick version of the race is you have a 12 person team that runs 3 legs of the race each. Your van completes 6 legs, you hand off to your teammates van, they complete 6 legs, and then it's back to you. Complete that three times.
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| Jim looking biblical gearing up for the heat in his last leg |
Even more awesome was Jim absolutely killing the hardest run in the Ragnar Relay circuit. On our third legs, all of our limbs felt like they had 50 pound weights tied to them. It was rough. Jim went out and ran his third leg, an 11.4 mile run, in the heat of the day and beat his estimated pace time. That run put him at a total of 30 miles in less than 30 hours. Seriously impressive.
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| "Eternal Glory" - He didn't even seem out of breath after going 11.4 |
After all was said and done, team "Outta Your Mind" finished 85th out of 500+ teams in the Co-Ed Division. We averaged 9:35 miles for 205 miles and finished in 33 hours and some change which we were all very impressed with. It was an unreal race that challenged you in a ton of ways but in the end the stories and memories were what stuck with you (along with these muscle aches we're all dealing with).
So Happy Birthday, Jim! It was a blast getting to spend the weekend with you and run like we did. I hope I'm moving like you do when I'm 51!
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| "Outta Your Mind" - Finished! |
On the day after her seventh birthday, Sabina welcomes her new sister to the world – Sailor Celestia, born 4:12 this morning and weighing in at 6 lb, 1 oz. Life is wonderful!
Sabina turns Seven today! She had a big sleepover party last weekend, and she'll spend this weekend eagerly awaiting the arrival of her sister, Sailor. Happy birthday, precious girl!
This evening, I attended a talk at the Montana Historical Society by Ken Robison, author of Confederates in Montana Territory. The publisher is History Press. Take a look at the photo in the top middle of the cover. Chapter 9 of the book covers the Moore brothers, Perry and John, along with mention of other family members. Earlier, I shared an article by Mr. Robison (essentially the same information). I talked with him this evening, and he's interested in learning more about the Moores. He was particularly interested in Nancy Moore's diary on the trip from Missouri to Montana. A couple years ago, I met a couple members of the Hall family who have the original diary. I will work to put Ken Robison in touch with them. Anyway, you may find the book interesting. I also talked with Scott Hibbard (of the "northern" Sieben Ranch), who asked about Jim (the elder). He's interested in finding out more about Jim's novels.
