Sports – A Family Affair
Franz| June 10, 2011 1:44 pm
We are very lucky as a family. Many people we know need to find someone to bike, run or golf with and often rely on a cycling or running club, or some personal friend, or they may ride, run or golf alone. We bike with 3 different cycling clubs and some friends and sometimes bike and run solo, but most of our biking and running is with each other. Since our kids are all grown we have the luxury of biking and running together. Sometimes we get a chance to bike and run with our kids, but since they live away it is not as often as we would like. It lets our sports often be a family affair, instead of something that always takes us away from each other.
Cycling
We live in great areas, both in our California and Utah homes. The weather in California allows us to bike year round and most of our rides are right from our house. No wasted gas driving to the start of a club ride.
Franz has a rather detailed training log and have revised it so there is real data on who we bike and run with, or when we are solo. These charts tell it all. The UtahVelo percentage will increase significantly when we go to our Utah home this summer. The family percentage is even higher than it appears because when we bike together with a bike club, it is recorded it as miles with that club.
Running
When we lived in Japan, we would get up at 5:40 am every morning and go run 6 miles together. Over the many years, that was a wonderful experience. After returning to the US, Franz started to run a lunch time with co-workers, but since retirement Franz and Anne get to run together once again. Since we do not run with any running club, our running is predominately together. Franz has run two marathons with our son John, how has qualified to run the Boston Marathon, and still hopes to run a marathon with our daughter, Sara, who has run several marathons, including Boston.
Golf
While two of our children love to run and bike, the other two boys are more into golf. Last year we bought some new golf clubs and try to get back into the sport a bit more. Although Franz has played golf since he was a kid, he never learned to do it very well. But all of our boys are great golfers and Greg had two hole-in-ones in one year.
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