The Montoya's

Spring Break is soon to be a memory. It's late Sunday afternoon and back to work starts tomorrow. I look forward to it though, it's not a bad thing. The school year is 3/4 behind us and this is the quarter that always seems to speed right by. We have already had 2 track meets but we still have 8 to go and I have also volunteered to drive the Youth in Government group to santa Fe sometime next month. It will be a busy nine weeks and busy always means that time will fly. Summer is around the corner!

The Montoya's had a simple Spring Break. We were home for most but did travel to Alamogordo to visit Grandma Burns and help with the Tom Burns Memorial Mile as part of the Alamogordo High School track meet. It has become a thing that a lot of people look forward to although I don't think it is highly advertised. The kids that have run the event multiple times have been very grateful for their prizes and it's always nice to hear a genuine "thank you" from these kids. I am sure the event means something a little different to everyone but I got to thinking that we are not far from having my niece and nephew, Sydney and Thomas, compete in it. Sydney is a freshman at LCHS but wasn't too excited about the direction of the T&F team there and Thomas is a sixth grader. That is really going to be fun when they are racing in it!

During the break I was able to have a pretty good running week during the 9 days off. I ran 8 of those days, the only one I missed was the day of a track meet. I totaled a little over 60 miles for 8 days and lost about 4 pounds from the beginning to the end of the break. I am pretty happy with it especially since todays 10 miler felt so good from start to finish. I think I want to continue to strive for similar results for a couple more weeks and also start to add in some biking and swimming before I go full on triathlon mode. I guess I just figure that running is the most bang for your buck and with coaching and family that's what I can do right now. My first triathlons are in May so I still have some time plus they are both sprints races. My training doesn't usually get going until after the track season anyway.

On the kid front, Emma lost 2 teeth over the break and is becoming very good on her skates. She is reading and spelling and counting more and more all the time. She surprises me when I ask her questions just to see what she knows. And Grace, aka the Gracenator, is doing alright also. We definitely have 2 different girls each with their own unique qualities :)