March Madness!!!

There is no doubt that March is one of the most exciting months of the year. First of all, it is finally starting to warm up and feel like spring. Although I don't truly feel like it is spring until Opening Day for the Royals! Second, March features the ever so famous holiday, St. Patrick's Day. Not only is St. Patrick's Day a blast every year but if you live in Kansas then you are also probably familiar with "Fake St. Patty's Day"!! This is when Manhattan, KS (KSU students) celebrate St. Patrick's Day in Aggieville the weekend before the 17th since everyone is gone for spring break on the actual holiday. And third, March is a favorite because of the NCAA basketball tournament...bring on March Madness!!! So, while March tends to be a busy month...it brings plenty of excitement and opportunities to get out and have fun with friends!

One of the nice things about the warm weather coming back is being able to run outside again. I did my half-marathon last October and shortly after that I stopped running outside. I'm not of fan of running outside when it's freezing cold, and unfortunately I'm not a fan of the treadmill either. I consistently run 1-2 miles a day on the treadmill during the week but now that it is warming up I'll be able to start enjoying longer runs outside. Also, Warrior Dash is coming to Kansas City this year and I definitely plan on running in that! For those of you that don't know what Warrior Dash is, you need to look it up!! (http://www.warriordash.com/) It is a 3.1 mile race that includes lots of obstacles (fires, barricades, hay stacks, mud pits, nets), lots of food, lots of beer and live bands. It's organized chaos. I think even Curt Schilling did it, at least that's what I've heard. All I know is that I plan on getting a group of people together to do it this year so if you are interested then let me know!!!

To end this weeks post, I'm going to leave you with a couple new websites that I have recently found and think you might like. The first is www.stumbleupon.com. This site has you choose several different topics that interest you from a large variety. Once you do this you can then click on the "Stumble" button and it will start taking you to random websites that are popular with people that have the same interests as you. I thought it was pretty cool..it's definitely easy to spend an evening on using this real fast! The second one is www.hipmonk.com. My buddy Brady shared this site with me and it is legit. This is a site that allows you to search for flights to pretty much any destination without spending the better half of your life doing it. Most flight search sites are intimidating and have endless pages of flight results. This site makes your search quick and easy...check it out and you will agree, bookmark it! The third site I want to share with you is www.43places.com. For all of you that love to travel then you will enjoy this site. It allows you to develop a checklist of places that you have been to and places that you want to visit. If you travel on a regular basis then this would be a really cool site for you to track your ventures over time!

"I told the doctor I broke my leg in two places. He told me to quit going to those places." -Henny Youngman